[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) › c8.s3.1 # The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.1 The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.1) The Mauryan state like any other Hindu state had for its aim the realisation of the \*trivarga\*—the trinity group of Dharma, Artha and Kāma. Of these the author of the \*Arthaśāstra\* attaches greater importance to the second, namely, Artha or wealth, for on this depended the realisation of Dharma and Kāma. - [Previous: c8.s2.t4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s2.t4.9) - [Next: c8.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.2) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.1) · Pramāṇa