Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.21

c15.21

There were also some structures for decoration of the village (*grāmaśobhāḥ*). These public works, as we have seen, were carried out by the joint enterprise and collective agreement (*samaya*) of co-operation among the villagers (*sambhūya*) [II. 1; III. 10]. Any one not making his contribution to such agreed communal undertakings would be fined [*Ib.*].