Tribes in Ancient India c50.143

c50.143

Aśoka continued the Council Government of his predecessors. The inscriptions bear ample testimony to the fact that he also retained the system of provincial administration in vogue under his forefathers. The emperor, and the princes who often acted as Viceroys in charge of the provinces, were helped by a number of officials who, according to the Edicts, may be classed as (1) The Mahāmātras, (2) The Rājūkas, (3) The Prādeśikas, (4) The Yutas (the Yuktas of the Arthaśāstra, p. 59), (5) Pulisā (Purushas), (6) Paṭivedakā (Prativedakas), and (7) Vachabhumikā (Vrajabhūmikas).¹