Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s3.t1.6

c8.s3.t1.6

**Mantri proper or Prime Minister.** The full scheme of Kauṭilya's administrative arrangements may be thus stated. Firstly, the king depends most upon what is called his *Mantrī*, the Chief Minister, or the Prime Minister, as well as his preceptor or *Purohita*. They were of the first rank in administration. Next to them come the king's Counsellors or Advisors who are called *Mantrīs* or Ministers, and the other class of Mantrīs who form the *Mantriparishad*. All these come under the general class of officers called *Amātyas*.