Beyond 5000 on Instagram: "Over 2,300 years ago, India already had laws against public urination🚫 During the Mauryan Empire (c. 322–185 BCE), civic hygiene wasn’t just encouraged, it was enforced. Kautilya’s Arthashastra, written around 300 BCE, reads like an ancient handbook of governance, economy, and city planning. It listed officers for roads, sanitation, trade, and traffic, ordered carts to keep left, and designated zones for garbage disposal. Public spaces were regulated with astonishing