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# Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c16: Chapter V—Mauryan Polity

Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c16

- **Language:** English

### Chapter V—Mauryan Polity

### [c16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c16.1)

Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya ed. Shama Sastri (Mysore, 1909 2nd. edn. 1919). ” ” ” Gaṇapati Śāstri (Trivandram, 1924-25). ” ” ” Jolly (Lahore, 1923—4).

### [c16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c16.2)

\*Modern Works :\*

### [c16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c16.3)

Bandyopadhyaya, N. C. : Kauṭilya (Calcutta, 1927). Barnett. : Antiquities of India (London, 1913). Breloer : Kauṭilya Studien I—III (Bonn, 1927-34). Cambridge History of India I, Ch. XIX (Cambridge, 1922). Gopal, M. H. : Mauryan Public Finance (London, 1935). Gowen, H. H. : ‘The Indian Machiavelli or Political Theory in India Two Thousand years ago’. Political Science quarterly Vol. 44, 1929, pp. 173—92. Hillebrandt, Alfred. : Altindische Politik. (Jena 1923). Jayaswal : Hindu Polity (Calcutta 1924). Law, N. N. : Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Calcutta, 1914). Monahan : The Early History of Bengal, (Oxford University, Press, 1925).

### [c16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c16.4)

\*Inscriptions\*

### [c16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c16.5)

Barua, B. M. : The old Brahmi inscription of Mahasthan (Indian Historical Quarterly, Vol. X (1934) pp. 57-66. Bhandarkar, D. R. : Maurya Brahmi inscription of Mahasthan (Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXI (1931—32 ) pp. 83—91. Bühler George : The Sohgaura Copper plate (Indian Antiquary, Vol. XXV, (1896) pp. 261—66; also JRAS, 1907, pp. 501 ff ; E.I., XXII pp. 1-3 (K. P. Jayaswal) and ABORI. XI pp. 32 ff.

## Cites (2)

- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- [Sohgaurā Bronze Plaque Inscription](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.maurya.sohgaura-bronze-plaque-inscription*buhler1896) — Prakrit

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