Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c19.15

c19.15

| *Asoka's Edicts.* | *Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra.* |
| | *bāhilesu cha nagalesu*." The *Strī-adhyaksha* of the Edict may be also compared with the *Gaṇikādhyaksha* of Kauṭilya [II. 27]. |
| 26. Reference in RE. XIII to Asoka's conquest of forest-folks (*aṭavi* or *aṭaviyo*). | 26. It is interesting to find that Kauṭilya [XIII. 5] mentions two kinds of conquest, viz., (1) the conquest of the *Aṭavyādi* or foresters and (2) the conquest of settled territory (*grāmādi*). He places the *aṭavyādi* under the administration of special officers called the *Aṭavipāla* [I. 16 etc.]. |
| 27. Reference in RE. XIII to *Dharma-vijaya*. | 27. It is interesting to note that Kauṭilya [XII. 1] distinguishes three classes of conquerors *viz.*, (a) the *Dharma-vijayī* who is satisfied with the mere obeisance of the conquered; (b) the *Lobha-vijayī* whose greed has to be satisfied by the surrender of territory and treasure; and (c) the *Asura-vijayī* who (would demand) the surrender of not merely territory and treasure, but also of the sons and wives of the conquered enemy, and even taking away his life. |