[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) › c13.2 # The Mauryan Polity c13.2 The Mauryan Polity c13.2 - **Language:** English ### [c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c13.2) An endeavour is made here to examine briefly the differences and the similarities between Megasthenes’ \*Fragments\* and the \*Kauṭalīya\* and see how the differences so called are really minor and mostly imaginative. A comparison is instituted here as it falls within the scope of the present work. In this particular the plan followed is to a large extent that of Otto Stein in his \*Megasthenes und Kauṭilya\*¹ where he has exhaustively dealt with this question. - [Previous: c12.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12.153) - [Next: c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c13.3) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c13) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Ἰνδική](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.arrian.indica) — Λούκιος Φλάουιος Ἀρριανός, Ancient Greek --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c13.2) · Pramāṇa