State and Government in Ancient India c17.s2.8
State and Government in Ancient India c17.s2.8
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c17.s2.8
Aśoka's exhortation to his *rajjukas* to follow a uniform policy in punishments¹ implies that they had judicial powers as well; the same must have been the case with the Commissioners of the Divisions. Probably they constituted the highest court of appeal of the division.