The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.t17.5
The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.t17.5
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c8.s3.t17.5
“King Devānāmpriya Priyadarśin speaks thus. (When I had been) anointed twelve years, the following was ordered by me. Everywhere in my dominions the *yuktas*, the *rājuka* and the *prādeśika*, shall set out on a complete tour (throughout their charges) every five years for this purpose (viz.) for the following instruction in morality as well as for other business. ‘Meritorious is obedience to mother and father. Liberality to friends, acquaintances, and relatives, to Brahmanas and Śramaṇas is meritorious. Abstention from killing animals is meritorious. Moderation in expenditure (and) moderation in possessions are meritorious.’