espionage departmemt of the mauryas
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5th Jun, 2020
Espionage played a big role in expanding the Mauryan teritory and also administration bigger and larger. The espionage department worked under Mahamatyapasurpa. There were 2 spies: sanstha and sanchara. Spies corresponding to the sanstha category worked in a fixed area. These people were calles as grihapatika, vaidehika, tapasha, udasthiti and karyatika. The sanchara spies worked in disguise. Male spies were called as santi, tishna and sarad, while female spies were known as vrishali, bhikshuki and parivarjaki.
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