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* Ministers who are unyielding to bribery and other temptations, holding positions hereditarily and who are full of integrity and eminence should be appointed in matters of great importance.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":12" />

* Ministers who are unyielding to bribery and other temptations, holding positions hereditarily and who are full of integrity and eminence should be appointed in matters of great importance.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":12" />

With respect to appointment of ambassadors, Rama suggests that a knowledgeable person living in one's own country, who is wise, skilled, endowed with presence of mind and reports exactly what is spoken to him must be chosen as an ambassador.<blockquote>कच्चिज्जानपदो विद्वान् दक्षिणः प्रतिभानवान् | यथोक्तवादी दूतः ते कृतो भरत पण्डितः || २-१००-३५<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>Rama mentions delegating 3 spies each, who are unrecognisable and unacquainted with each other, to watch over the 18 categories of officials in the enemy kingdom and 15 categories of officials in his own.<blockquote>कच्चिद् अष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च | त्रिभिः त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः || २-१००-३६<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>The 18 categories of officials mentioned here are:  

With respect to appointment of ambassadors, Rama suggests that a knowledgeable person living in one's own country, who is wise, skilled, endowed with presence of mind and reports exactly what is spoken to him must be chosen as an ambassador.<blockquote>कच्चिज्जानपदो विद्वान् दक्षिणः प्रतिभानवान् | यथोक्तवादी दूतः ते कृतो भरत पण्डितः || २-१००-३५<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>Rama mentions delegating 3 spies each, who are unrecognisable and unacquainted with each other, to watch over the 18 categories of officials in the enemy kingdom and 15 categories of officials in his own.<blockquote>कच्चिद् अष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च | त्रिभिः त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः || २-१००-३६<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>The 18 categories of officials mentioned here are:  

 

1)the chief minister;

    1. the chief minister

 

    2. the king's family priest

2) the king's family priest;

    3. the crown prince

 

    4. the leader of the army

3)the crown prince;

    5. the chief warder

 

    6. the chamberlain (antaHpuraaH adhyaksha)

4)the leader of the army;

    7. the superintendent of jails (kaaraagaara adhyaksha)

 

    8. the chancellor of the exchequer

5) the chief warder;

    9. the herald

 

  10. the government advocate

6) the chamberlain (antaHpuraaH adhyaksha);

  11. the judge

 

  12. the assessor

7)the superintendent of jails (kaaraagaara adhyaksha);

  13. the officer disbursing salaries to army men

 

  14. the officer drawing money from the state exchequer to disburse the workmen's wages

8) the chancellor of the exchequer;

  15. the superintended of public works

 

  16. the protector of the borders of a kingdom, who also performed the duties of a forester

9)the herald;

  17. the magistrate

 

  18. the officer entrusted with conservation of waters; hills, forests and tracts difficult of access.

10)the government advocate;

 

11) the judge;

 

12)the assessor;

 

13) the officer disbursing salaries to army men;

 

14) the officer drawing money from the state exchequer to disburse the workmen's wages;

 

15) the superintended of public works;

 

16) the protector of the borders of a kingdom, who also performed the duties of a forester;

 

17) the magistrate;

 

18) the officer entrusted with conservation of waters; hills, forests and tracts difficult of access.:

The fifteen functionaries of one's own side are the last fifteen of this very list, omitting the first three; viz; the chief ministers, the family priest and the crown prince.

The fifteen functionaries of one's own side are the last fifteen of this very list, omitting the first three; viz; the chief ministers, the family priest and the crown prince.