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# The Mauryan Polity c7.s5.t7.2

The Mauryan Polity c7.s5.t7.2

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### [c7.s5.t7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7.s5.t7.2)

¹ Ar. śās., Bk. III, Ch. 1. ² pare parebhyassve svebhyaḥ sve parebhyassvataḥ pare| rakṣyāssvebhyaḥ parebhyaśca nityamātmā vipaścitā|| —Bk. IX, ch. 3. ³ See for details the chapter entitled \*nāgarakapraṇidhi\* in the \*Arthaśāstra\* bālavṛddhavyādhitavyasanyanāthāmśca rājā bibhṛyāt Bk. II, Ch. I ācāryāvidyāvantaśca pūjavetanāni yathārham labheran, pañcaśatāvaram sahasraparam| ⁴ See \*Second Rock Edict\*, \*Corpus\*, Girnār, p. 3.

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## Cites (2)

- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.1) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- [Major Rock Edict II](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.asoka.re.re02) — Prakrit

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