Public Administration in Ancient India c25.3

c25.3

Arsakas, Country and Capital of, 56 Arthasāstra, the, of Chānakya, on Public Administration, 8 *et sqq.*, *et alibi* Authenticity, origin &c., of, 9 *n.* 1 Books apparently based on, 12-14 Meaning of the title, 8-9 Political doctrines of, 9 *et sqq.* Āryan States, primitive, 38-9 Increase of, 54 Sizes of, 30-1 Āryas, the, Conquest of, and rule in India, 2 *et sqq.*, 219-20, *et alibi* Social distinctions among, growth of, 16, 17 *et sqq.* Tribes of, in Punjab, 15 & *n.* Aryāvarta, Source of Laws, 135 Asia, Central, Buddhism in, 278 Asoka, King, Buildings by, 246, 247- Conquests of, 222- Dominions of, extent of, 59-60- Edicts and Inscriptions of, 49, 84 *nn.* 2 & 3, 222, 247, 276, 277, 282 *n.* 1 Foreign relations of, 186-7 Government by, 40, 49, 50-1 Irrigation works of, 253 Ministerial responsibility under, 116 Position of the State under, 40 Provinces of, 49 Religious ascendancy of, 79 *n.* 2, 276-9, 282 Training of, 89-90 Virtues of, 83-4 Āsrama-dharma System, the, 23 Assakenoi, the, and other nations mentioned by Megasthenes, 57 Assam, fleet of, 200 Assemblies (*see also* Councils, Public Assemblies, & Village Assemblies), 94-7 Moksa Mahāparishat, described, 280 Two kinds of, 95 Vedas on, 97 Assyria, maritime trade with, 267 Asvamedha sacrifice, the, 90, 92-3 Attack, in Battle, 213-4