Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.114

c41.114

§ 276. That the Paura-Jānapada had not business of merely occasional or adventitious nature, is proved by the fact that the Arthaśāstra marks out one period in the king's daily timetable to be devoted to the business of the Paura-Jānapadas.¹ Daily, therefore, matters went up from them to the king. These must have been of an economic and financial nature, and if they had to raise levies for the imperial army, as it seems very probable, the business must have included military matters as well. The daily business before the king suggests a busy time for at least the Inner body or the permanent Samavāya of the Paura-Jānapada.