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Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.10.7

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.10.7

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Sanskrit

3.10.7

karṣaṇe pūrvoktāḥ //

Obstruction to roads for inferior beasts or men shall be punished with a fine of 12 panas; to roads for superior beasts 24 panas; to roads for elephants or to those leading to fields, 54 panas; to those leading to any buildings or forests (setuvanapatham), 600 panas; to those for burial grounds or villages, 200 panas; to those for dronamukha, a fortress, 500 panas; and those leading to sthániya, country parts, or pasture grounds, 1,000 panas. The same fines shall be meted out in case of ploughing the several roads too deep (atikarshane chaishám); and ¼th of the same fines for ploughing merely on their surface.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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