History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c33.s6.18

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The vast empire maintained a highly organized army and bureaucracy - army of chariots, elephants, cavalry and infantry. It had eight thousand chariots and thirty thousand horsemen which presuppose the existence of good roads for the chariots to travel. The highly organized military administration had six special Boards to look after six departments each one for admiralty, transport, cavalry,etc. Similarly, the well organized bureaucracy looked after accurate land survey and measurements and the maintenance of the roads. Megestheses mentions that there was a special officer, superintendent of bullock cart trains used for transporting the war equipments, food for the soldiers and other requisites.