History

1. CENTRAL AND PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION DURING
MAURYAN PERIOD

2. • Hence we can say that the King was also the ultimate authority of the bureaucracy.
KING
1.
• Appoints the ministers and officers for
Royal administration.
2.
• Was Head of Judicial Department.
3.
• Was also the Head of Military
Administration himself.

3. • The Mauryan territory that was directly ruled by the king was divided into a
number of provinces of Janapadas.
• The Maurya emperor directly ruled the central and Eastern part of the
empire, whereas the other areas were ruled by the provincial Governors
• In the provincial administration, the village was at the lowest unit.
For Administration the entire empire was
divided
1.Prachayas
2. Uttarapath; 3.Avanti path ;
4. Daskhinapath

4. • The main sources of Mauryan revenue were taxation and rent.
• The land revenue was the main source of revenue collection.
• Taxes also included excise duty, forest taxes, water taxes, mines coinage etc.
• State revenue was expended on paying the army, the officials of the royal
government, on charities and on different public works like irrigation
projects, road construction etc.

5. The war office of Mauryas were also divided into six committees, each of the
committees having five members to look after:
• Navy,
• Transport and supply,
• Infantry,
• Cavalry,
• The war chariots and of
• War elephants .

6. THE END.