Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c7.41

c7.41

Asoka's Time-Table. It is interesting to note that Asoka's own Time-table follows that of Kauṭilya. In his Rock Edict VI Asoka states that he holds himself ready for public work, whether despatch of business (*artha-karma*) or receipt of reports (*prativedanam*), at all hours and places, "when he is dining, or in his harem (*orodhanamhi*), or in the inner apartments (*gabhāgāramhi*) or in the ranches (*vachamhi*), or in the place of religious instruction (*vinītamhi*), or in the parks (*uyānesu*)."