The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.t17.1

c8.s3.t17.1

The same was also the case in the administration of Aśoka as is evident from a significant expression in the Edicts (R. E. III)—the *Gaṇanāyam* which simply means the Department of Accounts referred to in the *Arthaśāstra*.³ We shall quote here the whole of the Edict as it bears relation to the topic in question.