[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Chandragupta Maurya and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943) › c19.15 # Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c19.15 Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c19.15 - **Language:** English ### [c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.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. | - [Previous: c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c19.14) - [Next: c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c19.16) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.27) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c19.15) · Pramāṇa