Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.39

Language: English

c11.39

**General Duties of the Mayor.** There are prescribed certain daily duties to be discharged by the Chief Executive Officer of the city. He is to inspect (1) the sources of the city's water supply (*Udakasthānaṁ*); (2) the state of its roads (*Mārga*); (3) its grounds (*Bhūmayaḥ*); (4) its subterranean passages (*Chhannapathāḥ*); (5) the city's defences such as Vapra (battlement), *Prākāra* (wall), *Rakshā* such as *Aṭṭālaka* (tower) or *Parikhā* (moat).

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