Digital Rare Book:
The Mauryan Polity
By V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar
First edition 1932
Reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass Publications - 1993

For a reconstruction of the political history of Asoka and his deceasors attempted by the author in this book the main sources of information are the Kautilya Arthasastra, the inscriptions of Asoka and the fragments of Megasthenes. The authenticity and value of these documents are critically examined; thereafter character and extent of the Empire are structured. The Central Administration, Provincial and Local Government and the religion of the Mauryas in general and that of Chandragupta and Asoka in particular are discussed.

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