[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › The Mauryan Polity # The Mauryan Polity Mauryan state from Arthaśāstra, Aśokan edicts and Megasthenes: king, ministers, departments, municipal government, law, revenue, army, foreign policy. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dikshitar-vrr) - **Extent:** 2,034 passages, 99,897 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., University of Madras 1932; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar †1953) ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c1) - [c2 The Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c2) — 3 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c3) — 26 parts - [c4 Prefatory Note](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c4) — 6 parts - [c5 Chapter I. Sources of Information](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c5) — 4 parts - [c6 Chapter II. The Extent and Character of the Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c6) — 4 parts - [c7 Chapter III. The Central Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c7) — 6 parts - [c8 Chapter IV. The Central Administration—(Contd.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8) — 4 parts - [c9 Chapter V. The Military System](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c9) — 6 parts - [c10 Chapter VI. Provincial and Local Governments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c10) — 3 parts - [c11 Chapter VII. Sec. i. The Concept of Dharma](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c11) — 10 parts - [c12 Appendix I. The Authenticity of the Kauṭalīya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c12) — 152 parts - [c13 Appendix II. Megasthenes and Kauṭalya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c13) — 17 parts - [c14 Books Consulted](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c14) — 1 part - [c15 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c15) — 57 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932) · Pramāṇa