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Kautilya Arthashastra

by R. Shamasastry | 1956 | 174,809 words | ISBN-13: 9788171106417

Hinduism Arthashastra
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The English translation of Arthashastra, which ascribes itself to the famous Brahman Kautilya (also named Vishnugupta and Chanakya) and dates from the period 321-296 B.C. The topics of the text include internal and foreign affairs, civil, military, commercial, fiscal, judicial, tables of weights, measures of length and divisions of time. Original ...

Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents

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Chapter 1 - Formation of Villages
Chapter 2 - Division of Land
Chapter 3 - Construction of Forts
Chapter 4 - Buildings within the Fort
Chapter 5 - The Duties of the Chamberlain (sannidhātā)
Chapter 6 - The Business of Collection of Revenue by the Collector-General
Chapter 7 - The Business of Keeping up Accounts in the Office of Accountants
Chapter 8 - Detection of Embezzlement
Chapter 9 - Examination of the Conduct of Government Servants
Chapter 10 - The Procedure, of Forming Royal Writs
Chapter 11 - Examination of Gems that are to be entered into the Treasury
Chapter 12 - Conducting Mining Operations and Manufacture
Chapter 13 - Superintendent of Gold in the Goldsmiths’ Office
Chapter 14 - The Duties of the State Goldsmith in the High Road
Chapter 15 - The Superintendent of Store-house
Chapter 16 - The Superintendent of Commerce
Chapter 17 - The Superintendent of Forest Produce
Chapter 18 - The Superintendent of the Armoury
Chapter 19 - The Superintendent of Weights and Measures
Chapter 20 - Measurement of Space and Time
Chapter 21 - The Superintendent of Tolls
Chapter 22 - Regulation of Toll-Dues
Chapter 23 - The Superintendent of Weaving
Chapter 24 - The Superintendent of Agriculture
Chapter 25 - The Superintendent of Liquor
Chapter 26 - The Superintendent of Slaughter-house
Chapter 27 - The Superintendent of Prostitutes
Chapter 28 - The Superintendent of Ships
Chapter 29 - The Superintendent of Cows
Chapter 30 - The Superintendent of Horses
Chapter 31 - The Superintendent of Elephants
Chapter 32 - The Training of Elephants
Chapter 33 - Chariots, Infantry and the Duties of the Commander-in-Chief
Chapter 34 - The Superintendent of Passports and Pasture Lands
Chapter 35 - Revenue-Collectors and Spies
Chapter 36 - The Duty of a City Superintendent
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