[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) › c15.8 # The Mauryan Polity c15.8 The Mauryan Polity c15.8 - **Language:** English ### [c15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.8) Cakravarti Kṣetra, 327. Calcutta Bairāṭ its significance, 282; sacred texts in, 233; chronology, 283. Caṇḍatas, 164, 205. Candragupta and Jaina tradition, 50-51. Candragupta, 3, 4, 6, 86, 185. Capital punishment, 165. Caturvarga, 29, 316. Caraka, 172. Caritra, 160. Castes an economic classification, 247. Castes and professions, 352-3. Cadi, 9. Cāṇakya, 19, 50, 52, 262, 310, 320, 352. Cāturmāsya, 114. Census, a permanent institution, 232. Central government and provinces, 208-9. Ceran Śeṅguṭṭuvan, 65. Ceylon chronicles, 88. Chanda Ramaprasad, 274, 298. Chaṇḍāśoka, 130. Chandogya, 14. China, 7. Chullavagga, 294. Cipher writing, 181. Civil list, 150-51. Cina, 6-8. Cinapaṭṭa, 7. Colas, 57. Colebrooke, H. T., 270. Commander-in-chief, qualifications and duties of, 193. - [Previous: c15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.7) - [Next: c15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.9) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15.8) · Pramāṇa