Arthashastra · Chapter 02.34

mudrā.adhyakṣo mudrāṃ māṣakeṇa dadyāt //

sa-mudro jana.padaṃ praveṣṭuṃ niṣkramituṃ vā labheta //

dvādaśa.paṇam amudro jānapado dadyāt //

kūṭa.mudrāyāṃ pūrvaḥ sāhasa.daṇḍaḥ tiro.jana.padasya^uttamaḥ //

vivīta.adhyakṣo mudrāṃ paśyet //

grāma.antareṣu ca vivītaṃ sthāpayet //

cora.vyāla.bhayān.nimna.araṇyāni śodhayet //

anudake kūpa.setu.bandha.utsān sthāpayet, puṣpa.phala.vāṭāṃś ca //

lubdhaka.śva.gaṇinaḥ parivrajeyur araṇyāni //

taskara.amitra.abhyāgame śaṅkha.dundubhi.śabdam agrāhyāḥ kuryuḥ śaila.vṛkṣa.adhirūḍhā vā śīghra.vāhanā vā //

amitra.aṭavī.saṃcāraṃ ca rājño gṛha.kapotair mudrā.yuktair hārayet, dhūma.agni.paramparayā vā //
KAZ02.34.12ab/ dravya.hasti.vana.ājīvaṃ vartanīṃ cora.rakṣaṇam /
KAZ02.34.12cd/ sārtha.ativāhyaṃ go.rakṣyaṃ vyavahāraṃ ca kārayet //E
(Activity of the adiministrator)
(ṣecret agents in the disguise of householders, traders, and ascetics)