Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.74

c11.74

The many agreements between Kauṭilya and Megasthenes are thus summarised by a classical scholar of repute, H. G. Rawlinson [*India and the Western World*, p. 67]: 'Megasthenes' account of the constitution of Chandragupta finds close confirmation in many details in the *Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra*. In this book, we find the king's palace described very much after the manner of Megasthenes, with its moats, ramparts, and towers. The king is surrounded by a bodyguard of 'women armed with bows' [*Strīgaṇaiḥ dhanvibhiḥ* of *Arthaśāstra*, II. 3].