Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.16.30

3.16.30

yat svaṃ dravyam anyair bhujyamānaṃ daśa varṣāṇy upekṣeta, hīyetāsya, anyatra bālavṛddhavyādhitavyasaniproṣitadeśatyāgarājya.vibhramebhyaḥ //

As to the title of an owner to his property:--The owners who have quitted their country where their property lies shall continue to have their title to it. When the owners other than minors, the aged, those that are afflicted with decease or calamities, those that are sojourning abroad, or those that have deserted their country during national disturbances, neglect for ten years their property which is under the enjoyment of others, they shall forfeit their title to it.