Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c14.2

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c14.2

**Social System: Castes.** Society was based on the orthodox Brahminical system which divided it among four principal castes (*varṇas*) as already described, together with many lower castes (*avara-varṇa*) [VI. 1; VII. II].

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit