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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... Horses ( Asvādhyaksha ) . Horses were so necessary and important for Chandragupta's army that there was a department of Government to look after their recruitment and proper training . The Superintendent of horses had to keep a register of ...
... Horses ( Asvādhyaksha ) . Horses were so necessary and important for Chandragupta's army that there was a department of Government to look after their recruitment and proper training . The Superintendent of horses had to keep a register of ...
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... horses nor do they curb them with their bits , but they fit on , round the extremity of the horses ' mouth , a circular piece of stitched raw ox - hide studded with pricks of iron or brass pointing inwards but not very sharp . Within ...
... horses nor do they curb them with their bits , but they fit on , round the extremity of the horses ' mouth , a circular piece of stitched raw ox - hide studded with pricks of iron or brass pointing inwards but not very sharp . Within ...
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... horses and carried six men , of whom two were shield - bearers , two archers posted on each side of the chariot , and the other two charioteers as well as men at arms ; for when the fighting was at close quarters they dropped their ...
... horses and carried six men , of whom two were shield - bearers , two archers posted on each side of the chariot , and the other two charioteers as well as men at arms ; for when the fighting was at close quarters they dropped their ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Greatness I Earliest Indian Emperors 1 Terms and Ceremonies | 10 |
Taxila 16 Education at Taxila | 16 |
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