Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.4.37

8.4.37

abhijātoparuddhā bhūmiḥ paśuvrajoparuddhā veti "abhijātoparuddhā bhūmiḥ mahāphalāpy āyudhīyopakāriṇī na kṣamā mokṣayituṃ vyasanābādhabhayāt, paśuvrajoparuddhā tu kṛṣiyogyā kṣamā mokṣayitum //

Which is more desirable, land occupied by a high-born person or land reserved for grazing a flock of cattle?

My teacher says that the land occupied by a high-born person is very productive; and it supplies men to the army; hence it does not deserve to be confiscated lest the owner might cause troubles, whereas the land occupied for grazing a flock of cattle is cultivable and deserves therefore to be freed, for cultivable land is preferred to pasture land.