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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... texts of earlier emperors with high - sounding titles acquired by conquests and formally conferred upon them with appropriate religious ceremonies announcing such achievements . Indeed , the tradition of such great kings and emperors ...
... texts of earlier emperors with high - sounding titles acquired by conquests and formally conferred upon them with appropriate religious ceremonies announcing such achievements . Indeed , the tradition of such great kings and emperors ...
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... Texts . Patali- putra has figured for a long time in Indian literature both before and after Chandragupta . Its foundation is traced in the Pali texts to the famous emperor of Magadha , Ajataśatru , c . 551-519 B. C. who selected for ...
... Texts . Patali- putra has figured for a long time in Indian literature both before and after Chandragupta . Its foundation is traced in the Pali texts to the famous emperor of Magadha , Ajataśatru , c . 551-519 B. C. who selected for ...
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... Texts . The testimony of the Pali Texts to the existence of an overland trade - route is confirmed by Panini's mention of Uttarapatha [ V. 1 , 77 ] . He speaks of travellers going by Uttara- patha ( Uttarapathena gachchhati ) and of ...
... Texts . The testimony of the Pali Texts to the existence of an overland trade - route is confirmed by Panini's mention of Uttarapatha [ V. 1 , 77 ] . He speaks of travellers going by Uttara- patha ( Uttarapathena gachchhati ) and of ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Greatness I Earliest Indian Emperors 1 Terms and Ceremonies | 10 |
Taxila 16 Education at Taxila | 16 |
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