The Mauryan Polity c10.s2.t2.1

c10.s2.t2.1

Let us now examine the status assigned to and the functions expected of the *mahāmātras*, the *rājukas*, and the *pradeṣṭṛs* one after the other. The term *mahāmātra* occurs in several places in the *Arthaśāstra* and has been translated by Shāmā Śāstri as ‘minister’.⁴