[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) › c4.1 # The Mauryan Polity c4.1 The Mauryan Polity c4.1 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c4.1) The accompanying pages are an amplification of five lectures delivered at the University in 1929-30. The main sources of information are the Kauṭalīya Arthaśāstra, the inscriptions of Aśoka and the fragments of Megasthenes. In the first chapter will be found a critical examination of their authenticity and their value as sources to the history of Mauryan India. I have come to the conclusion that the extant Arthaśāstra is the accredited work of the chancellor of Candragupta Maurya. The inscriptions of Aśoka follow, to a large extent, this all important treatise. Though the fragments of Megasthenes could not be credited with much trustworthiness, they are used as supplementing the primary sources. - [Previous: c3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c3.26) - [Next: c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c4.2) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c4.1) · Pramāṇa