Ancient Indian History

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Arthasastra dates to around 4th century BCE. Manusmriti around 2nd century BCE. If as the authors of the below article (who cite extensively) are correct, then Kautilya's arthasastra passed a lot of concepts to the Brahminical Cannons.

Interesting read: http://club.fom.ru/books/Arjomand01_3.pdf. There is a related book on google too: http://books.google.com/books?id=Cuy847PE2...num=1&ct=result

Another question the above essay mentions the following:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The dissemination of foreign ideas naturally encountered resistance. The Indian writings translated into Pahlavi (Middle Persian) included the Pañchatantra and another work on statecraft, <b>Sendba¯d-na¯mah,</b> or the Tales of Sinbad, and the life of the Buddha. The Pahlavi translations are not extant, but Ibn al-Moqaffa’ (d. 757) translated the first work into Arabic as Kalilah va Dimnah, which became a classic in Arabic literature.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

The notes mention:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The book was translated from Syriac to Greek, and from Arabic and Hebrew
to Latin. All its tales were later incorporated into the Thousand and One Nights.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Does anybody know anything about Sendbad namah?