Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.72

c11.72

**Forestry and Mining.** Megasthenes mentions that the District Officials were incharge of the various industries connected with Agriculture, Forestry, Work in Timber, Metal Foundries and Mines. These duties Kauṭilya distributes among different Departmental Heads such as *Sītādhyaksha*, *Kupyādhyaksha*, *Ākarādhyaksha*, *Lohādhyaksha*, *Suvarṇādhyaksha*, and *Khanyādhyaksha* who are to render the accounts of their respective departments to their chiefs, *Samāhartā*, and *Sannidhātā*, at headquarters.