Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.57

c11.57

Megasthenes next refers to a group of town officials whose duties included control of the inns, care of strangers, and their medical treatment. Kauṭilya describes in detail how the city Administration took charge of these and many other duties as described above. Megasthenes has taken a special note of the duties of the city with reference to its "strangers" or foreign population, being himself a foreigner. Kauṭilya only includes this among other allied functions of the City Administration.