Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.1.28

2.1.28

apatyadāraṃ mātāpitarau bhrātṛṛn aprāptavyavahārān bhaginīḥ kanyā vidhavāś cābibhrataḥ śaktimato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ, anyatra patitebhyaḥ, anyatra mātuḥ //

When a capable person other than an apostate (patita) or mother neglects to maintain his or her child, wife, mother, father, minor brothers, sisters, or widowed girls (kanyá vidhaváscha), he or she shall be punished with a fine of twelve panas.