Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.s34.2

c11.s34.2

⁶ RE. III E. Here I follow D. R. Bhandarkar and Smith in preference to Lüders and Hultzsch. True this rendering looks like the abrupt introduction of a new idea : but sharp transitions are not uncommon in the Edicts : and the preceding sentence having commended to individuals the merit of moderation in expenditure and in possessions, the statement that the same principle was observed in the administration of public finance is not a serious break in the sequence of thought.