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Kautiliya Nagara Vyavastha (कौटिलीयनगरव्यवस्था) (view source)
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Some interesting points raised by the Arthasastra include:
Some interesting points raised by the Arthasastra include:
* The town should be not have surplus population which should then be housed in a new place.
* The town should be not have surplus population which should then be housed in a new place.
भूत-पूर्वं अभूत-पूर्वं वा जन-पदं पर-देश-अपवाहनेन स्व-देश-अभिष्यन्द-वमनेन वा निवेशयेत् ।। ०२.०१.०१ ।।
EITHER by inducing foreigners to immigrate
(paradesapraváhanena) or by causing the thickly-populated
centres of his own kingdom to send forth the excessive population
(svadésábhishyandavámanéna vá), the king may construct villages
either on new sites or on old ruins (bhútapúrvama vá).
शूद्र-कर्षक-प्रायं कुल-शत-अवरं पञ्च-कुल-शत-परं ग्रामं क्रोशद्-विक्रोश-सीमानं
Villages consisting each of not less than a hundred families
and of not more than five-hundred families of agricultural people
of súdra caste, with boundaries extending as far as a krósa (2250
yds.)
* Towns should be positioned to help each other.
* Towns should be positioned to help each other.
अन्योन्य-आरक्षं निवेशयेत् ।। ०२.०१.०२ ।। capable of protecting each other
* ‘Sangrahan’ (collection register / tax collector) – 10 villages, ‘sarvatik’ among 200 villages, ‘dronamukh’ (chief) among 400 villages and ‘sthaniya’ among 800 villages.
* ‘Sangrahan’ (collection register / tax collector) – 10 villages, ‘sarvatik’ among 200 villages, ‘dronamukh’ (chief) among 400 villages and ‘sthaniya’ among 800 villages.
अष्टशत-ग्राम्या मध्ये स्थानीयम् । चतुह्शत-ग्राम्या द्रोण-मुखम् । द्विशत-ग्राम्याः कार्वटिकम् । दश-ग्रामी-संग्रहेण संग्रहं स्थापयेत् ।। ०२.०१.०४ ।।
There shall be set up a stháníya (a fortress of that name) in the
centre of eight-hundred villages, a drónamukha in the centre of
four-hundred villages, a khárvátika in the centre of two-hundred
villages and sangrahana in the midst of a collection of ten villages.
* Migrated people in new settlement exempted from payment of taxes for some years
* Migrated people in new settlement exempted from payment of taxes for some years
* A city should be located centrally to facilitate trade and commerce.
* A city should be located centrally to facilitate trade and commerce.