Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s3.t1.13

c8.s3.t1.13

**Tests for Appointments.** In the first, a priest is dismissed and is set upon *Amātyas* whom he incites to rebel against the king on the ground that he is unrighteous (*Adhārmikaḥ*). In the second, a general is dismissed for supposed embezzlement to tempt *Amātyas* by money for conspiring to murder the king. For the third test, a woman spy in the guise of an ascetic (*parivrājikā*) is employed to corrupt the *Mahāmātras*, telling each in turn that the Queen is in love with him. For the fourth test, Ministers are tempted to enter into a plot against the king's life. [*Ib*].