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Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.3.30

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.3.30

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Sanskrit

7.3.30

viparītaḥ kapālaḥ syād atyādānābhibhāṣitaḥ /
pūrvayoḥ praṇayet kupyaṃ hastyaśvaṃ vā garānvitam //

Quite reverse from the former is the peace called kapála, ‘half of a pot,’ which is concluded on the condition of paying immense quantity of money.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

In the first two, one should send the supply of raw materials, elephants, horses and troops; in the third, money; and in the fourth, one should evade the payment under the plea of loss of results from works; these are the forms of peace concluded on the payment of money.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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