War in Ancient India c12.106

c12.106

In the post-Kauṭalīyan period the old institution worked regularly. In the Mudrārākṣasa there is mention of an elaborate system of espionage.⁶⁵ In Kālidāsa's works we meet with the cāra in several places. The Parivrājaka in the Mālavikāgnimitra shows the existence of female spies, as was noticed in the Kauṭalīya. In the Purāṇas⁶⁶ where polity is dealt with, and also in law-books like those of Bṛhaspati,⁶⁷ Manu⁶⁸ and Viṣṇu,⁶⁹ there are similar details with regard to the qualifications of these spies.