Chandragupta Maurya and His TimesThis is a comprehensive work dealing with the life and times of India`s first historical emperor, and a picture of the civilization of India in the early period of the fourth century BC. The author had utilized much material found in Arthasastra. The work also embodies collation and comparison of evidence from different sources, classical works in Sanskrit, Buddhist and jaina texts and the inscriptions of Asoka. The book gives a detailed account of Chandragupta Maurya and the general view of his administration. It has covered almost all aspects of administration including the king, ministers and officers with rules of service and divisions of administrative departments; governance of land system and rural administration along with municipal administration, the source of law and dispensation of justice and the army and its management. Besides social and economic conditions of that times have been elaborately discussed. The detailed contents serves as an index of subjects, the other parts are--Index of technical terms, three appendics which enrich utility of the book and a plate of typical Mauryan Coins. |
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... Arthasāstra bears the same evidence . It is interesting to note that the Arthasāstra of Kautilya itself renders explicit the meaning and implications of these passages from the Puranas . At the end of the work occurs a passage which ...
... Arthasāstra bears the same evidence . It is interesting to note that the Arthasāstra of Kautilya itself renders explicit the meaning and implications of these passages from the Puranas . At the end of the work occurs a passage which ...
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... Arthasāstra contains the following eloquent exhortation to the king : " For a king , his vrata ( religious vow ) is ... ( artha - karma ) or receipt of reports ( prativedanam ) , at all hours and places , " when he is dining , or in ...
... Arthasāstra contains the following eloquent exhortation to the king : " For a king , his vrata ( religious vow ) is ... ( artha - karma ) or receipt of reports ( prativedanam ) , at all hours and places , " when he is dining , or in ...
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... Arthasāstra . In the Arthasastra , the Mahāmātra also figures as a minister [ I. 10 , 12,13 ] and as the chief executive officer of a city under the title Nagarika - Maha- matra [ IV . 5 ] = Mahāmātā - naga- laka of KRE . I , Jaugada ...
... Arthasāstra . In the Arthasastra , the Mahāmātra also figures as a minister [ I. 10 , 12,13 ] and as the chief executive officer of a city under the title Nagarika - Maha- matra [ IV . 5 ] = Mahāmātā - naga- laka of KRE . I , Jaugada ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Greatness I Earliest Indian Emperors 1 Terms and Ceremonies | 10 |
Taxila 16 Education at Taxila | 16 |
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