State and Government in Ancient India c23.s3.19

c23.s3.19

It appears that Harsha’s government was not keeping that kind of elaborate register of men and cattle, which was maintained by the Mauryan administration; for Yuan Chwang states that families were not registered. The statement of the Chinese pilgrim, ‘As the government is generous, official requirements are few ... Everybody keeps to his hereditary occupation and attends to his patrimony’ seems to suggest that the government of Harsha was following a *laisses faire* policy, as compared to the Mauryan administration.