Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' deals with the aspects of ____________.

The correct answer is Option (3) → Political life

The Arthashastra, credited to Kautilya (Chanakya), the adviser of Chandragupta Maurya, is a treatise on statecraft: how a king should rule, run the administration, collect taxes, keep spies, keep law and order, and conduct war and diplomacy. Its subject is political life and government, so it is the main source for the political system of the Mauryan period.