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The social and economic factors play a decisive role on the political and administrative structure of a country. The Mauryan Empire was also an outcome of these socio-economic developments. We get enough information on the social and economic life from the Greek accounts, Kautilya's Arthashastra and other literary sources of the period.
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The state was required to safeguard the social order based on the Varna and Aasram system. In this respect the standpoint of the Arthasastra is not much different from that of the Dharmasastras. But Kautilya is not as rigid on the Varna system as the earlier Smriti writers. It is remarkable that the Arthashastra refers to troops recruited from all the four Varnas.
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The state was required to safeguard the social order based on the Varna and Aasram system. In this respect the standpoint of the Arthasastra is not much different from that of the Dharmasastras. But Kautilya is not as rigid on the Varna system as the earlier Smriti writers. It is remarkable that the Arthashastra refers to troops recruited from all the four Varnas.
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The literary sources include Kautilya's Arthasastra, Visakha Datta's Mudra Rakshasa , Megasthenese's Indica, Buddhist literature and Puranas. The archaeological sources include Ashokan Edicts and inscriptions and material remains such as silver and copper punch-marked coins.
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