Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.4.38

8.4.38

vivītaṃ hi kṣetreṇa bādhyate" ity ācāryāḥ //

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.