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Mauryan empire employed thousands of domestic political spies
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Ancient imperial stability heavily relied on an absolutely terrifying level of paranoid state surveillance. The rulers actively funded a massive, deeply pervasive network of hidden informants, assassins, and completely secret agents embedded into every social class, ensuring that the emperor knew exactly who was complaining about taxes at all times.
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