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Kautilya's Arthashastra 10.3.45

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 10.3.45

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10.3.45

senāpatir arthamānābhyām abhisaṃskṛtam anīkam ābhāṣeta - "śatasāhasro rājavadhaḥ, pañcāśatsāhasraḥ senāpatikumāravadhaḥ, daśasāhasraḥ pravīramukhyavadhaḥ, pañcasāhasro hastirathavadhaḥ, sāhasro 'śvavadhaḥ, śatyaḥ pattimukhyavadhaḥ, śiro viṃśatikaṃ bhogadvaiguṇyaṃ svayaṃgrāhaś ca" iti //

After having pleased the army with rewards and honours, the commander-in-chief should address it and say:--

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

A hundred thousand (panas) for slaying the king (the enemy); fifty thousand for slaying the commander-in-chief, and the heir-apparent; ten thousand for slaying the chief of the brave; five thousand for destroying an elephant, or a chariot; a thousand for killing a horse, a hundred (panas) for slaying the chief of the infantry; twenty for bringing a head; and twice the pay in addition to whatever is seized. This information should be made known to the leaders of every group of ten (men).

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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