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Write brief essay on Mauryan municipal administration.

  • UPSC 1996
  • Mauryan Empire

The Mauryan state is usually studied through its provincial and central apparatus, but its urban governance — above all at the capital Pataliputra — reveals a parallel layer of specialized civic machinery.

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  • Megasthenes' Six Committees at Pataliputra
  • Ashokan Epigraphy: The Nagalaviyohalaka-Mahamatas
  • The Arthashastra's Municipal Hierarchy
  • Reading the Sources with Caution

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