Complex sentence: Similarly, many authors have contributed to the "Arthaśāstra" over the centuries, Kauṭilya with the Mauryan minister Cāṇakya did not become common until texts dating to after the Gupta period, and only after the production of the Śāstric Redaction.
Split into simpler sentences: Similarly, many authors have contributed to the "Arthaśāstra" over the centuries. The identification of Kauṭilya with the Mauryan minister Cāṇakya did not become common until texts dating to after the Gupta period, and only after the production of the Śāstric Redaction.