The Mauryan Polity c13.s12.126

c13.s12.126

These denote the officials who were engaged in the measurement of the land. The *Arthaśāstra* which is a composition after the *Jātakas*, which according to Bühler, must be placed in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., and which is pre-Aśokan, contains similar expressions, and these terms therefore must refer to the same officials engaged in measuring the land. This is further attested to by another fact of great importance. The term *‘rajju’* is a measurement of space according to the *Kauṭalīya*. The table is as follows:—