The Mauryan Polity c7.s1.t8.5

c7.s1.t8.5

³ Two Indian scholars among others, K. P. Jayaswal and Dr. Bhandarkar, have identified not without reason the *Pariṣad* of the inscriptions with the *Mantripariṣad* of the *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭalīya. (Bk. I, 14.) The interpretation suggested to the term by Lassen 'Assembly of the Doctors,' Senart as 'Clergy,' and Bühler 'Teachers and Ascetics of Schools,' falls to the ground in the light of the *Arthaśāstra*.