Mauryan administration and delhi sultanate administration
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Mauryan administration
The Empire was divided into four provinces, with the imperial capital at Pataliputra. From Ashokan edicts, the names of the four provincial capitals are Tosali (in the east), Ujjain (in the west), Suvarnagiri (in the south), and Taxila (in the north). The head of the provincial administration was the Kumara (royal prince), who governed the provinces as king's representative. The kumara was assisted by Mahamatyas and council of ministers. This organizational structure was reflected at the imperial level with the Emperor and his Mantriparishad (Council of Ministers).[citation needed]
Historians theorise that the organisation of the Empire was in line with the extensive bureaucracy described by Kautilya in the Arthashastra: a sophisticated civil service governed everything from municipal hygiene to international trade. The expansion and defense of the empire was made possible by what appears to have been one of the largest armies in the world during the Iron Age.[81] According to Megasthenes, the empire wielded a military of 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 8,000 chariots and 9,000 war elephants besides followers and attendants.[82] A vast espionage system collected intelligence for both internal and external security purposes. Having renounced offensive warfare and expansionism, Ashoka nevertheless continued to maintain this large army, to protect the Empire and instil stability and peace across West and South Asia.
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Kautilya's Arthashastra and Megasthenes' Indica are the most important
sources to know about the Mauryan administration. The features of
i) The most powerful person was the king, but he made his
2) He even appointed several officers to collect taxes and keep aan
The tax money was even used for building and maintaining
(iv) The empire was divided into four provinces, each under a
Mauryan administration were as follows
decisions only after consulting his ministers.
account of them.
roads, wells, rest houses, irrigation projects and the army.
prince. The provinces were further divided into districts and
the districts into villages.
(u) There was an espionage system and the spies were perhaps used
for getting information from faraway places.
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