[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) › c7.s5.t4 # The Mauryan Polity c7.s5.t4: Proper administration of justice The Mauryan Polity c7.s5.t4 - **Language:** English ### Proper administration of justice ### [c7.s5.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t4.1) It was again his duty to see that justice was properly administered so that there would be no violation of the rules and laws established. Hence the king is called \*dharma-pravartaka\*.² Proper protection and impartial justice, it is said, find to the king the abode of heaven. In meting out justice, a king should make no distinction between his son and an enemy.³ In a word, punishment was to be regulated according to the gravity of the offence.⁴ ### [c7.s5.t4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t4.2) ² \*Ibid.\*, Bk. III, Ch. 1. ### [c7.s5.t4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t4.3) ³ \*Ibid.\* ### [c7.s5.t4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t4.4) ⁴ \*Ibid.\*, Bk. IV, Ch. 4 and 10. ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.1) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t4) · Pramāṇa