India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s10.6

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s10.6

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c8.s10.6

¹ The *Mahākaṇha* (IV.182) and *Mahāsutasoma* (V.478) *Jātakas* mention the height of a *pākāra* to be 18 cubits (*aṭṭhārasahattha pākāram*) or 27 ft. While visiting the Alwar fort I was told that the fort-wall is still built 18 cubits high from the ground level.

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