Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.12.38

4.12.38

corahastān nadīvegād durbhikṣād deśavibhramāt /
nistārayitvā kāntārān naṣṭāṃ tyaktāṃ mṛteti vā //

Those women who have been rescued from the hands of thieves, from floods, in famine, or in national calamities, or who, having been abandoned, missed, or thrown out as if dead in forests, have been taken home may be enjoyed by the rescuer as agreed upon.