Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s4.42

c8.s4.42

**Pensions.** There were some very generous and humane regulations which added to the attractions of the public service. When an officer died in the discharge of his duties, his sons and wives were entitled to a subsistence allowance (*bhakta-vetana*) from the State. Consideration was also shown to such dependents of the deceased officer as were incapacitated from earning their livelihood, e.g. infants, aged and afflicted persons.