[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932) › c12.61 # The Mauryan Polity c12.61 The Mauryan Polity c12.61 - **Language:** English ### [c12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.61) Because he had perverted and crooked views, people called him Kauṭilya though his name was really Kauṭalya. Even a Pandit of a lower order could not style himself 'Mr. Crooked,' speaking of himself \*iti Kauṭalya\* or \*ne iti Kauṭalya\* as many as 72 times in the text. To add to this is the fact that Kāmandaka speaks of him as 'वेधस्' a term of great respect generally used when speaking of sages. Kāmandaka adds that he belonged to an eminent family renowned for culture, a past master of all the four Vedas, who, by force of intelligence and skill, deposed the powerful - [Previous: c12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.60) - [Next: c12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.62) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.61) · Pramāṇa