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Law, as explained by Vitruvius, is not mentioned in so many words in the list of accomplishments given in the Vāstu-śāstras quoted above. But most elaborate instructions are given in the Arthaśāstra and other treatises on party-walls, the sewage system, and on windows and other openings.²

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit