Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c7.79

c7.79

According to Kauṭilya [*Ib.*], the personal attendants of the king [*Āsanna* staff] should be natives and not foreigners and should be recruited from approved families who are related to the king by hereditary service and known for their loyalty and accomplishments. They should also be proof against fear and incapable of being coerced into disloyalty [I. 10].