Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c10.16

c10.16

**Rural Development.** The State must take charge of rural development under a programme comprising (1) Mining and Metallurgical works (*ākara-karmānta*), (2) Plantations of forests yielding timber and also valuable and medicinal woods like sandalwood or scented wood, (3) Plantation of forests for elephants, (4) Grazing grounds for cattle, (*vraja*), (5) Roads for traffic (*vaṇik-pathaprachārān*), (6) Water-ways and land routes (*vāri-sthalapatha*) and (7) markets for commodities (*paṇyapattana*) [II. 1].