The Mauryan Polity c7.s4.t1.4

c7.s4.t1.4

It would appear that massage or friction of limbs with ebony rollers was a custom and luxury indulged in by the monarch. The Greek writers inform us that the attendant went on massaging the king while he was in the court hearing causes. This may answer to the office of the *samvāhaka* mentioned in the Kauṭalīya.² It may be noted in passing that it was not the privilege of the monarch alone but a custom observed in India even to-day.