Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.29

c9.29

*Provincial Head.* (Collector-General, ‘*Samā-hartā*’): *District Collector* (*Sthānika*). The Head of the Provincial Administration was the *Samāhartā*, the Collector-General, who controlled [I. 1] a number of district Collectors in his Province. Each Province was in fact divided into four Districts [II. 35] (*samāhartā chaturdhā janapadaṁ vibhajya*), each of which was placed under an officer called the *Sthānika* who was responsible for the affairs of his District (*evaṁ cha Janapada-chaturbhāgaṁ Sthānikaḥ chintayet*).