The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c16.51

c16.51

The effects of the Hun invasions were still evident in Harsha’s reign in the greater severity of the punishments awarded to criminals and in the unsafe condition of some of the public roads. As in Fa-Hien’s time, the slaughter of animals and the eating of flesh was forbidden to the higher castes. Hiuen-Tsang found also public hospitals and rest-houses, at which necessitous travellers could obtain gratuitous medical aid and food and drink.