๐๐ป The communication system existed along both land and riverine routes. It was very vital for the existence of the empire.
๐๐ป 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,
๐๐ป 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.
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