Features of Mauryan Administration

👉🏻 There were five major political centres in the empire i.e., the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvamagiri.

👉🏻 The communication system existed along both land and riverine routes. It was very vital for the existence of the empire.

👉🏻 As the journeys from the centre to the provinces could have taken a long time, there was arrangement for provisions as well as protection for the travellers,

👉🏻 The Mauryans kept a large army. Magasthenes mentions a committee with six subcommittees for coordinating military activity which were as mentioned below :

➖ One to look after the navy;

➖ The second for management of transport and provisions;

➖ The third was responsible for foot soldiers;

➖ The fourth for horses;

➖ The fifth for chariots;

➖ The sixth for elephants.

The element that there were five major political centres in the empire – the capital Pataliputra, and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvamagiri – all have been mentioned in the Asoka’s inscriptions.

मौर्यकाल : प्राचीन भारत का इतिहास।।

मौर्य काल/मौर्य वंश से संबंधित वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्नोत्तरी ।।

Questions on Mauryan Empire and its rulers

THE MAURYAN EMPIRE