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# The Mauryan Polity c12.58

The Mauryan Polity c12.58

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### [c12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.58)

This story is nothing but a product of the dramatist's imagination and is valuable so far as it shows the author's ingenuity.¹ The same value should be attached to the other interpretation of Viśākhadatta in regard to the name Kauṭilya:

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