Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c19.4

c19.4

| *Aśoka's Edicts.* | *Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra.* |
| (*d*) deputed on quinquennial inspection of judicial administration, as on other duties [Ib]; (*e*) Heads of Departments as *Dharma-Mahāmātras*, or *Strīadhyaksha-Mahāmātras* [RE. XII]; (*f*) Directors of different religious sects [RE. V; PE. VII; MPE]; and (*g*) Members of the *Mantriparishad* to whom the king confides urgent matters [RE. VI]. | |
| 2. *Devānaṁpiye evaṁ āha* (or *āṇapayati*) [occurring in so many edicts]. | 2. Both these formulae are also mentioned by Kauṭilya as appropriate for royal orders. The former is mentioned as one of the set phrases prescribed for what is called by Kauṭilya a *prajñāpana-śāsana* (writ of information), while *ājñā-lekha* (writ of command) is mentioned as a form of *rājaśāsana* (royal decree) [II. 10]. |
| 3. *Nagala-viyohālaka* [KRE. I]. | 3. Kauṭilya [I. 12] has the expression *Pauravyavahārika* for one of the eighteen chief officers of the State. He has also the expression *Puramukhya* [I. 16]. |