Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.55

c8.s2.55

The energy of the Kṣatriya backed by that of the *purohita* and assisted by the deliberations of the ministers following the precedents laid down in the *Śāstras* leads to success without question.² Further the *purohita* of the *Kauṭalīya* occupies a unique rank among the highest paid state-officials, such as the minister, the commander-in-chief, or members of the royal household, the crown-prince, the king's mother, and the queen. Kauṭalya fixed the salary of the *purohita* as 48,000 *paṇas* per annum. The smaller officials under his department were each paid 1,000 *paṇas* yearly.³