[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) › c15.3 # The Mauryan Polity c15.3 The Mauryan Polity c15.3 - **Language:** English ### [c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.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. - [Previous: c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.2) - [Next: c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.4) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.3) · Pramāṇa