Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s3.3

c11.s3.3

The king must personally attend to the business of the state. After the manner of Kauṭalya, Śukra prescribes a detailed time-table for the king. He divides the day into thirty muhûrtas of forty-eight minutes each. The king must rise early and attend to finance for two muhûrtas, studying the following points:—"How much is the fixed income and how much the certain expenditure? How much has been used out of the things and materials in the Treasury? What is the remainder after the transactions from the fixed Income and Expenditure? Then ascertaining