The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.8

c8.s3.8

In the absence of a sound treasury the consequences could be well imagined. There would be no proper exercise of daṇḍa, for neither the army nor the officials would be loyal.¹ This discussion of the pros and cons of a well-furnished, partially furnished, and non-furnished treasury, bears the test that Kauṭalya was more than a theorist. In short Kauṭalya seems to drive at the fact that a fully furnished treasury alone can ensure the successful working of the administration, home and foreign.cont