Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c19.8

c19.8

| *Asoka's Edicts.* | *Asoka's Edicts.* |
| | provides for *mṛgavana* for the king for the same pleasure. |
| 16. *Prativedakas* are mentioned in RE. VI as officers who are to keep the king informed about the affairs of his people. | 16. Kauṭilya also speaks of the Intelligence Department of the administration manned by officers called *Gūḍhapurushas* [I. 11-13]. |
| 17. *Mukhato āñapayāmi svayaṁ dāpakaṁ* [RE. VI]. | 17. Kauṭilya also mentions [II. 7] an officer called *Dāpaka* who fixes and collects the amount of taxes to be paid by the *Dāyaka* (taxpayer). |
| 18. Mention in RE. VI of the king referring an urgent matter [*āchāyike* (Girnar); *atiyāyike* (Kalsi, Dhauli and Jaugada)] to the *Mahāmātras* and the *Parishad*. | 18. Kauṭilya also enjoins: "Summoning the Ministers and their Council (*Mantriparishadam*), the king shall speak to them on urgent matters (*ātyāyike kārye*) . . all urgent matters should the king attend to (*sarvamātyayikaṁ kāryaṁ śruṇuyāt* [I. 15, 19]. |
| 19. '*Nāsti hi me toso uṣṭānamhi atha samtīraṇāya va katavyamate hi me sarvalokahitam*\| '*Tasa ca puna esa mūle uṣṭānaṁ cha atha-saṁtīraṇā-cha*\| '*Nasti hi kammataraṁ sarva-loka-hitatpā . . . .*' [RE. VI]. | 19. An echo of Kauṭilya [I. 19]; '*Rājño hi vratamutthānaṁ . . . prajā sukhe sukhaṁ rājñaḥ prajānāṁ cha hite hitam . . .*' "**Tasmānnityotthito rājā kuryādarthānuśāsanam\| Arthasya mūlamutthānam. . . .** |