India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.t1.12

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s5.t1.12

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c9.s5.t1.12

The height of a rampart in the *Mahāsutasoma Jātaka* (V. 477) is stated as 18 cubits (*aṭṭhārasa-hattha-pākārena*), or 27 feet, which would be equal to 2 *hastī* measures. Even today a fort-wall is built to be 18 cubits in height.

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Jātakatthavaṇṇanā — Pāli
Jātaka — Pāli