Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.4.5
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.4.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4.5
caturdaṇḍaḥ setuvanapathaḥ, dvidaṇḍo hastikṣetrapathaḥ, pañcāratnayo rathapathaḥ, catvāraḥ paśupathaḥ, dvau kṣudrapaśumanuṣyapathaḥ //
Roads to gardens, groves, and forests shall be four dandas.
Roads leading to elephant forests shall be two dandas.
Roads for chariots shall be five aratnis (7½ ft.). Roads for cattle shall measure four aratnis; and roads for minor quadrupeds and men two aratnis.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit