Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.3

c11.3

*Mayor (Nāgarika).* The Mayor or Prefect of the city which was normally the *Sthānīya* or town proper is called the *Nāgarika*. He is also called *Puramukhya* [II. 16]. It will be recalled that as an officer the *Nāgarika* was subordinate to the *Samāhartā* as the Minister whose portfolio included Municipal Administration as a subject along with several other subjects mentioned above. In the list of these subjects is mentioned the subject called *Durga* which again stands for a number of departments and interests among which the interests of cities are mentioned as being administered by the officer called *Nāgarika*.