Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s13.t10.2

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c12.s13.t10.2

XIII. 1, 3.). Idols for worship were highly popular and Deva-dānas and Deva-dravyas were guarded by village elders (I. 18, II. 1), a superintendent looking after all temples (II. 6), and from a reference in Patañjali we know that the Mauryas probably augmented their revenues by a share in the fees forthcoming in the popular worship of images.

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit