Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.277

c9.277

A List of Chief Officers. Of these, Kauṭilya gives a list [I. 12] which includes the following: (1) *Mantrī* (2) *Purohita* (3) *Senāpati* (4) *Yuvarāja* (5) *Dauvārika* (Chamberlain) (6) *Antarvaṁśika* (7) *Praśāstā* in charge of military camping arrangements (8) *Samāhartā* (9) *Sannidhātā* (10) *Pradeshtā* (11) *Nāyaka* (Commander) (12) *Pauravyavahārika* (13) *Kārmāntika* (Mining Superintendent) (14) *Mantri-parishat-adhyaksha* (15) *Daṇḍapāla* (Chief Commandant as distinguished from the *Senāpati* who is the *Īśvara* or the Head of an *Akshauhiṇī*, an army of 21,870 chariots, as many elephants, 65,610 horse, 109,350 foot) (16) *Durgapāla* (17) *Antapāla* and (18) *Āṭavika* (*Aṭavīrājyādhipati*, ‘Lord of the realm of foresters’). Kauṭilya also calls these eighteen chief offices *Ashṭādaśatīrthas*.