Mauryan mining administration

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The Mauryan mining administration was the centralized imperial apparatus of the Maurya Empire responsible for organizing, regulating, and taxing the extraction of minerals and metals across its territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic institution ⓘ
imperial administrative system ⓘ
state monopoly apparatus ⓘ
administrativeLevel central ⓘ
district ⓘ
provincial ⓘ
aimedAt ensuring supply of metals for the state ⓘ
maximizing state revenue from minerals ⓘ
preventing illegal extraction of minerals ⓘ
appliesToCentury 3rd century BCE ⓘ
4th century BCE ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Maurya Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Mauryan period
controlledResource copper ⓘ
gemstones ⓘ
gold ⓘ
iron ⓘ
lead ⓘ
quarries ⓘ
salt ⓘ
silver ⓘ
tin ⓘ
country Maurya Empire ⓘ
describedAs state-controlled mining system ⓘ
describedIn Arthashastra ⓘ
economicSector metallurgy ⓘ
mining ⓘ
governingAuthority Mauryan central government ⓘ
Mauryan king ⓘ
emperor Ashoka ⓘ
linked to: Ashoka

emperor Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ
linked to: Chandragupta Maurya
hasMainFunction collection of mining taxes ⓘ
maintenance of state monopolies over key minerals ⓘ
organization of mining operations ⓘ
protection of mineral resources ⓘ
regulation of mineral extraction ⓘ
headedBy superintendent of mines ⓘ
legalBasis Arthashastra prescriptions ⓘ
royal edicts ⓘ
officialTitleInSanskrit Akaradhyaksha ⓘ
partOf Maurya Empire ⓘ
Mauryan economic administration ⓘ
linked to: Arthashastra
policyType regulated private mining under licence ⓘ
state monopoly on strategic minerals ⓘ
revenueImportance major source of imperial income ⓘ
subordinateTo Mauryan finance minister ⓘ
central revenue administration ⓘ
taxType licence fees for mines ⓘ
royalties on extracted minerals ⓘ
share of production in kind ⓘ
usesInstrument official mine records and accounts ⓘ
standardized weights and measures ⓘ

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Suvarnagiri → associatedWith → Mauryan mining administration ⓘ
Mauryan mining administration → governingAuthority → Mauryan central government ⓘ
linked to: Mauryan mining administration