The Mauryan Polity c9.s2.6

c9.s2.6

These three are minor divisions which are, properly speaking, absorbed in the three major divisions of war, peace and neutrality. The last aspect of international law discussed in the *Kauṭalīya* is a prominent feature of the *Kauṭalīyan* policy in relation to the other states or nations. The relation of the *Kauṭalīyan* states was that each state acknowledged the sovereignty of the central power. The *Arthaśāstra* recommends territorial expansion by the policy of conquest.¹