Good Stuff Happens in 1:1 Meetings: Why you need them and how to do them well
ADMINISTRATION.pptx
1. ADMINISTRATION
• Monarchs took high sounding titles - Supreme Lord and Great King of
Kings - the empire had a philosophy called imperialism but
unfortunately it only touched the social and cultural fields it had no
political objectives.
• King was at the apex - princes often Viceroys. Queens were learned.
Kumaradevi of Chandragupta I and Dhruvadevi of Chandragupta II
appear o the coins.
• Council of Ministers were often hereditary - Harisena and saba of
Chandragupta II were military generals. Very often, ministers
combined many offices - some ministers accompanied the king to the
battles. Chief Ministers headed the Ministry.
• Central Government - each department had its own seal - number of
Mahasenapatis to watch over feudatories - foreign ministers like
Sandhi proably supervised the foreign policy towards the feudastory
states.
