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Revision note: The Mauryan Empire: Chandragupta, Administration and Economy

  • Sources: Arthashastra (Shamasastry 1905), Megasthenes' Indica (fragments), Ashokan edicts (Prinsep 1837), Mudrarakshasa
  • Chandragupta: defeated Dhana Nanda (~321 BCE) and Seleucus (305 BCE: Arachosia, Gedrosia, Paropamisadae for 500 elephants); Sudarshana lake by Pushyagupta; died at Shravanabelagola
  • Bindusara "Amitraghata"; contact with Antiochus I
  • Saptanga theory; mantriparishad; samaharta, sannidhata; adhyakshas
  • Provinces: Taxila, Ujjain, Tosali, Suvarnagiri, Pataliputra
  • Pataliputra: 6 committees × 5 (Megasthenes); army six boards; courts dharmasthiya & kantakashodhana; bhaga 1/6
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