Public Administration in Ancient India c13.9

c13.9

The Superintendent of Mines attended to the actual condition of the mines which were being worked, as well as to exploration work in connection with the discovery of new mines. He had to ascertain the richness and the value of ores. It was also his business to attend to the collection of diamonds, precious stones, pearls, corals and conch-shells, and the regulation of the commerce in those commodities.¹