Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s4.4

c8.s4.4

It is also provided that each Department should have a number of sectional Heads (*bahumukhyam*), but they should be appointed on a temporary and not a permanent basis (*anityam*). 'Permanent service by its security is liable to make its incumbent independent and mischievous, while the country people (*Jānapadāḥ*) have no interest in reporting his defects.'