HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Appointment of superintending officers for industries.
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Appointment of superintending officers for agriculture
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Assignment of lands to officers for their services.
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Administration of tests of loyalty to ministers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Arthashastra (Sanskrit: , IAST: Arthaśāstram) is an Ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science, economic policy and military strategy.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was published in 1909 AD by R. Shamasastry which had topics like functions of chief executive, supervisory management, motivation, job description, bureaucracy corruption, local administration and so on. A most important aspect of Arthashastra was public welfare even in an autocratic agrarian state.
Detailed explanation-3: -His Arthashastra text recommended that no means were on the far side scope of a ruler to expand his territory or obtain power as well as the unscrupulous ethics of permitting torture, trickery, deceit, and spying as legitimate suggests, to realize territory, wealth and power.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indicates strong tendency towards materialistic view of human ends. Doctrine of seven constituents of state-organic theory of the state. Authority and functions of the temporal ruler discussed in details. Centrality of danda as means to protect people and save dharma. More items