[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932) › c9.s3.t2 # The Mauryan Polity c9.s3.t2: attention to the sick and the wounded The Mauryan Polity c9.s3.t2 - **Language:** English ### attention to the sick and the wounded ### [c9.s3.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c9.s3.t2.1) Special attention was devoted to the sick and the wounded. Physicians accompanied the army with surgical instruments (\*śastra\*), mechanical appliances (\*yantra\*), healing balm (\*sneha\*), dressing cloth (\*vastra\*), and nurses (\*striyaḥ\*). They took their stand in the rear and inspired the soldiers.⁴ ### [c9.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c9.s3.t2.2) ⁴ Bk. X, ch. 3. Cp. \*Śānti\*, 95, 12. ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.10.3) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c9.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c9.s3.t2) · Pramāṇa