The Mauryan Polity c10.s3.t8: The sthānika

c10.s3.t8.1

For purposes of administration every city was divided into four divisions over each of which was placed a *sthānika*. The *sthānika* was then responsible for his ward. He was entrusted with large police powers. He was the intermediate official between the *gopa* and the *nāgaraka*.