The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.t12.3

c8.s3.t12.3

The state extended its hospitality in different other ways the object being the *lokayātrā* of the world. Provision was made to the families wherein the earning member had given up his life in war for the sake of the country. To avert distress and suffering, hospitals for man and beast were founded throughout the empire. The State administered to the general health of the community and its moral progress.