The Mauryan Polity c10.s3.t7.1

c10.s3.t7.1

An examination of the administrative machinery shows that the *nāgaraka* was the chief official of the city, possibly a nominee of the Imperial Government. The *nāgaraka* may in some respects answer to the Corporation Commissioner of the modern day. He was an official of the state and was responsible to the Imperial Government for the conduct of the civil administration. His duties were many and varied. They can be categorically mentioned.⁴