[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) › c8.3.2 # Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.3.2 Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c8.3.2) 1\], Kauṭilya approves the country of warriors (\*āyudhīyaprāya\*), agriculturists, and craftsmen (\*śreṇīprāyo\*), and protected by forts on hill, or river, or by forest-fastnesses. Kauṭilya, as a man of the Frontier Province, was impressed by its many hill-forts. He also mentions the following essentials of a flourishing country: (1) Fort (2) Agriculture (\*Setu\*) (3) Roads (4) Mines as source of weapons of war (\*saṁgrāmopakaraṇānāṁ yoniḥ\*) (5) Timber forests supplying materials for constructing forts, carts, and chariots (\*durgakarmaṇāṁ yānarathayoścha\*) (6) Forests of Elephants and (7) Pastures for cattle (\*vraja\*) including Cow, Horse, Ass, and Camel (pointing to the Frontier Province) \[VII. 14\]. Among other valuable virtues which a country should possess (\*janapadasampat\*), Kauṭilya mentions them as follows \[VI. 1\]: It should be fortified in all its parts. It should be capable of supporting not merely the indigenous population but also the immigrants from foreign countries (\*ātmadhāraṇaḥ paradhāraṇaścha\*). It should be possessed of means of defence, natural, and artificial, such as mountains, forests, rivers and forts (\*svārakshaḥ\*). It should be economically self-contained (\*svājīvaḥ\*). It should have a loyal people who would resent foreign invasion (\*śatrudveshī\*). It should have weak neighbours (\*śakya-sāmantaḥ durbala-sāmantaḥ\*). - [Previous: c8.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c8.3.1) - [Next: c8.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c8.3.3) - [Up: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c8.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c8.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mookerji-1943.c8.3.2) · Pramāṇa