The Mauryan Polity c7.s5.1

c7.s5.1

“In ancient India Government never signified mere police work. . . The Hindu conceived of the Government’s function as comprising in its entirety the whole of protective and disciplinary measures, in addition to active duties necessary for ensuring the subject a proper realisation of his material ideals in human existence.”¹ Besides the general routine of duties in the daily life of the king there were more onerous and more responsible duties which the monarch was expected to execute and fulfil.