Surya Narayan Chaudhary
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This is a comprehensive work dealing with the life and times of India`s first historical emperor, and a picture of the civilization of India in the ea
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rly period of the fourth century BC. The author had utilized much material found in Arthasastra. The work also embodies collation and comparison of evidence from different sources, classical works in Sanskrit, Buddhist and jaina texts and the inscriptions of Asoka. The book gives a detailed account of Chandragupta Maurya and the general view of his administration. It has covered almost all aspects of administration including the king, ministers and officers with rules of service and divisions of administrative departments; governance of land system and rural administration along with municipal administration, the source of law and dispensation of justice and the army and its management. Besides social and economic conditions of that times have been elaborately discussed. The detailed contents serves as an index of subjects, the other parts are--Index of technical terms, three appendics which enrich utility of the book and a plate of typical Mauryan Coins.
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Publisher
Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
Month-Year
Jan, 2001
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9788120823358
ISBN-10: 8120823354
Language
Hindi
No. of Pages
290
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Paperback
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