Mauryan Officer and Their Work

Information about the Mauryan Administrative System mainly deals with the economics of Kautilya and partly the Ashok's mandate (inscription, column article etc.). In the Greek accounts, there are names of some of the mauryan officers. In Economics, detailed information about Maurya Rule has been given. It shows that at that time there was a strong system of governance, on which the

Magadha Emperor had control over the huge Mauryan Empire. There are many names in the field of economics (mauryan officers) and they have knowledge of related departments and their functions (officers' powers). In the inscriptions of Ashoka, there is a description of the Dhammahamatra etc. officers.

Mauryan Officer and Their Work

1. Head of the Organization - Monitoring the Market and Dealers
2. Agronomai (District Officer) - Road officer (according to Megasthenes it was the chief officer of the district). Its work was to inspect the irrigation and metering of the land, the preservation of the hunter, the different industries related to agriculture and forest resources and to inspect the work of wood work, metal molding factories and mines.
3. Estinomoi (City Officer) - Other types of officers, i.e. city officials, estinomoy were divided into 5 divisions of 5-5 members. Their work was respectively -1. Inspection of factories 2. Care of the people coming from abroad, which includes full control over the inns, the arrangements of the assistant officers, the care of the patients and the last action of the dead people 3. Keep account of birth and death 4. Control the market. 5. Inspection of measurement and inspection, inspection of finished goods, Managing separate sales of new and old items. Recovery of 10% tax on sale of goods.
4. Delegator / Regional - Chief Officer of the Board.
5. Principal Officer of Gopa collection (10 gram)
6. Village - Village head.
7. Rajpurush - associate of Ganjacha Prakashan
8. Bondage Nutrition - cases related to prostitutes
9. Dhammamahamatra / Dharma Mahamatra - Dhamma related officer
10. End Mahamatra - boundary area
11. Itizank Mahamatra - matters relating to women and Haram
12. Samparkam Mahamatra - Chief Minister
13. Dornamak Mahamatra - Survey
14. Rupees - Coin / Currency Testing Officer.