Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.38

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c41.38

§ 267. There is a sample of discussion in the assemblies of the Paura and the Jānapada given in the Artha-Śāstra. Spies of the king charged to gauge the political views of the Pauras and the Jānapadas about the king, would approach (1) the Tīrtha-Sabhā-Śālā-Samavāya or the Sectional sub-assembly of the Paura in charge of the sacred places and public buildings; (2) the Pūga-Samavāya or the sub-assembly in charge of trades and manufactures; and (3) the Jana-Samavāya or the Popular Assembly, that is, what the Mṛichchhakaṭika calls the Jānapada-Samavāya. By approaching these assemblies, sectional or permanent councils, the spies ascertained the prevailing feeling of the Paura and the Jānapada. The spies would broach the subject, for example, in these words:

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