What Kautilya's Arthashastra Said About Weights and Measures
Kautilya was not sentimental about markets. He understood that the moment a seller controls the scale, the buyer controls nothing, and he wrote law accordingly. The Arthashastra's Department of Weights and MeasuresThe Arthashastra devotes a full section of Book IV to the Superintendent of Weights and Measures, an officer whose…
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