Leadership is timeless—but the principles that shape great leaders are often overlooked in thechallenges of the present. In Rules to Rule, Prashant Anand—an Indian Police Service officer, withextensive experience in national security, counter-insurgency and strategic operations—offers a rareperspective on power, discipline and decision-making grounded in real-world leadership.Drawing from the lives of 19 ancient Indian rulers, Anand recounts their stories with clarity andprecision, highlighting the values and strategies that defined their reigns. Without embellishmentor reinterpretation, he distils the moral lessons that remain relevant today—for anyone navigatingthe complexities of leadership in politics, business or public life.