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Examine the role of adhyaksa in the Mauryan administration.
The second book of the Arthashastra, the Adhyakshaprachara, envisages a state that reaches into virtually every branch of economic and social life through a corps of superintendents called adhyakshas. Examining their role is really an exercise in examining the outer limit of what the Mauryan state imagined itself capable of regulating — production, trade, revenue,…
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- The Adhyaksha System as a Ubiquitous Bureaucracy
- Regulation of Production
- Oversight of Trade, Markets and Standards
- Maritime and Frontier Trade
- Revenue, Accounts and the Military
- Blueprint or Reality? A Necessary Caveat
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