Public Administration in Ancient India c25.8

c25.8

Canals, 252-5 as Trade-routes, 266 Capital Cities, descriptions of, 240 et sqq. Local government of, 296-7 Revenues derived from, 175-6 Caste Associations, 97 Caste-privileges, 151, 170-1, 274 Caste-system, origin of, 16, 17 & n. 1, 18 & n. Political effects of, 69-70, 97, 276 Castes, duties of, 20 Cattle-breeding by the State, 258 Cavalry, 196, 197 in Action, 208 Value of, 199 Cave-dwellings, 250 Cave-temples, 249, 250 Censors of the Law of Poetry, 277 Ceremonial, Asoka’s views on, 282 Cession of Territory, 234-5, 237 Ceylon, Administration of Justice in, 146 n. 4, 147 Buddhism in, 79 n. 2, 278, 281 Conquests of, Chola, &c., 61, 224 Councils in, 104, 105 Inscriptions in, 69 n. 3, 104, 295 Value of, 8 Irrigation-works in, 255 Kings of, as Heads of the Church, 79 n. 2, 281 Public Works in, 255 Queens of, Regnant and Consort, 69 & n. 3 Village government in, 295 Chaityas (Buddhist Temples), 248, 249 Chakravarti, see Suzerain Chālukya Empire, 61 Chānakya or Kautilya, alternative names of, 9 Famous book by, on politics, 8-9 Minister and “maker” of Chandragupta, 8 n. 3, 10 n. 1, 59, 116, 118, 237 Political aim of, 222, 237 Chandragupta Maurya, 7 Administrative machinery devised by, 49 Cavalry of, value of, 199