Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.s1.7

c11.s1.7

Greek historians say little about the internal affairs of India in the days of Bindusāra. Our main reliance has to be placed on tradition. The accounts of the Buddhist and Jain writers of a late date suggest that the services of the most able and astute of Chandragupta's officials were retained by his son. Among these was Kauṭilya or Cāṇakya who is said to have had a rival in Subandhu.¹ The post of chief minister (agrāmātya) eventually went to Khallāṭaka and later on to Rādhagupta². The name of the principal queen was, according to the Mahāvaṃśa Ṭīkā, Dhammā. The Aśokavadāna calls her Subhadrāngī³.