[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) › c5.s2.t2.4 # The Mauryan Polity c5.s2.t2.4 The Mauryan Polity c5.s2.t2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5.s2.t2.4) The data furnished in the \*Arthaśāstra\* do not seem at first sight to follow Pāṇini. The inference is that either the Kauṭalīya was a pre-Pāṇinīyan work or Kauṭalya rejected Pāṇini’s classification and preferred the old Vedic philology. Pāṇini’s date itself is a bone of contention among - [Previous: c5.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5.s2.t2.3) - [Next: c5.s2.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5.s2.t2.5) - [Up: c5.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5.s2.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5.s2.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5.s2.t2.4) · Pramāṇa