Public Administration in Ancient India c11.40

c11.40

The subjects for discussion at a meeting of the Council included everything which affected the interests of the State. In particular, Chānakya mentions five subjects, namely, the measures to be taken to commence work, the command of men and things for carrying out an object, the appropriate time and place of action, the precautions to be taken against possible dangers, and the means by which final success is to be achieved.¹ The success of deliberation in Council, according to Somadeva, is “ the attainment of large results at small expense.”²