The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.176

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c14.176

Kauṭalya. For instance, there are groups of royal attendants—perfumers, garland-makers, betel-bearers, arecanut-servers, armourers, dressing valets, torch or light-bearers and bodyguards.¹ Maids and dwarfs are there as in Kauṭalya.² Yet more significant are the rules on harlots and courtezans,³ which, broadly speaking, follow the lines of Kauṭalya. There are tolls and seals on merchandise⁴ on which Kauṭalya expatiates at such length.

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