The Mauryan Polity c15.3

c15.3

*Aranyacara*, 205. Army, of the Kṣatriya, the best hereditary equipment of, 189, 190-1. Army, officers of, 193; organisation of, 195. Artisans, protection to, 229-30. *Arthasamtāna*, 259. Arrian, 30, 35-7, 97, 190, 222, 336, 344, 361. Arsenal department, 189. *Arthaśāstra*, 23, 85. *Arṣa* form of marriage, 340. *Aryaputra*, 202, 214. *Aryasūra*, 322. *Arthaśāstra*, on the silk of shin country; and Pāṇini, 8-10, and śurungā, 16-17; and Yājñavalkya, 20-23; Religious data of, 23-24; astronomical data of, 25-27. Asceticism opened to all castes, 273, 362. *Asiatic Researches*, 180. Aśoka, 4-5, 12, 15; not a legislator, 92-94, 98-100; Kṣatriya, 275; Buddhist inscriptions of, 278; no monk, 280-1; and Brahmans, 277-8 and the Third Council, 292-4. Aśoka's dharma, the practical aspect, 250-1; the doctrinal aspect, 252; non-sectarian in character, 45. Aśoka's faith and archaeology, 295-7. Aśoka and Kaliṅga rebellion, 55. *Aśokavadāna*, 87, 168. *Asuravijaya*, 129. *Aśvādhyakṣa*, 192. *Aśvins*, 23. *Aṣṭabhāga*, 143. *Aṣṭādhyāyi*, 9. *Atharvan* rites, 269. *Atharva Veda*, 326. *Ātmapatiya*, 218. *Ātmarakṣitam*, 348.