The Mauryan Polity c8.s1.t2.1

c8.s1.t2.1

There was a council chamber. It was to be well guarded. It was a secret hall not easily accessible to man and beast. It was so constructed that any endeavour to overhear the proceedings would prove futile. Kauṭalya knows of cases where birds and beasts had disclosed the secrets of the council-business.² With necessary precautions the king was to enter the chamber lest the proceedings of the council should be divulged.