The Mauryan Polity c9.s2.t4.16

c9.s2.t4.16

Three kinds of treaties are mentioned *sama* or equal, *viṣama* or unequal, and *hīna*, inferior.¹ Other forms of peace were not unknown. The following three *ātmāmiṣa*, *puruṣāntara* and *adṛṣṭapuruṣa* entailed supply of army and the giving of a woman of high rank as a hostage. Peace on payment of money was of four kinds: *parikraya*, *upagraha*, *suvarṇasandhi* and *kapāla*. Other treaties were concluded on payment of raw materials and by ceding territory.²