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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.1.1

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.1.1

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Sanskrit

2.1.1

bhūtapūrvam abhūtapūrvaṃ vā janapadaṃ paradeśāpavāhanena svadeśābhiṣyandavamanena vā niveśayet //

EITHER by inducing foreigners to immigrate (paradesapraváhanena) or by causing the thickly-populated centres of his own kingdom to send forth the excessive population (svadésábhishyandavámanéna vá), the king may construct villages either on new sites or on old ruins (bhútapúrvama vá).

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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