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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... refers to payment of sacrificial fee in terms of gold ( hiranya ) , whether Suvarna or Satamāna . We also read of gold ( hiranya ) being obtained from the beds of rivers like the Indus [ Rv . X. 75 , 8 ] , or extracted from the earth ...
... refers to payment of sacrificial fee in terms of gold ( hiranya ) , whether Suvarna or Satamāna . We also read of gold ( hiranya ) being obtained from the beds of rivers like the Indus [ Rv . X. 75 , 8 ] , or extracted from the earth ...
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... refers to transactions made in terms of money taken to be the Karshapana [ V. 1 , 21 ; 27 ; 29 ; 34 [ . He also knows of 1/2 ( ardha ) ) and 1/4 ( pāđa ) as denominations of Karshapana [ V. 1 , 48 ; 34 ] . Kārshapana , as the standard ...
... refers to transactions made in terms of money taken to be the Karshapana [ V. 1 , 21 ; 27 ; 29 ; 34 [ . He also knows of 1/2 ( ardha ) ) and 1/4 ( pāđa ) as denominations of Karshapana [ V. 1 , 48 ; 34 ] . Kārshapana , as the standard ...
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... refers to the king's duty of inspecting the horses , elephants , chariots and infantry as well as his livestock [ I 19 ] In II 6 , Kautilya uses the term vraja of the Edict to include cows , buffaloes , goats , sheep , asses , camels ...
... refers to the king's duty of inspecting the horses , elephants , chariots and infantry as well as his livestock [ I 19 ] In II 6 , Kautilya uses the term vraja of the Edict to include cows , buffaloes , goats , sheep , asses , camels ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Greatness I Earliest Indian Emperors 1 Terms and Ceremonies | 10 |
Taxila 16 Education at Taxila | 16 |
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