[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c22.227 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.227 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c22.227 - **Language:** English ### [c22.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.227) The argument that the price of an ox was 12 Paṇas in the 5th century, since the penalty for an unnatural offence is a white ox according to Vasiṣṭha-Dharma-Sūtra and 12 Paṇas according to Kauṭalya, is also untenable. It presupposes that the two authors held similar views about punishments. A glance, however, at the treatment of this topic by these two authors shows that their views were widely different. Kauṭalya imposes only a fine upon a Kṣatriya for having intercourse with a Brahmana lady, (135) Vasiṣṭha, on the other hand, condemns the Kṣatriya culprit to death by burning. (136) Dr. Pran Nath's view that the Arthaśāstra and the Vasiṣṭha-Dharma-Sūtra prove, between themselves, that the price of a cow in the 5th century A.D. was about 12 or 13 Paṇas is thus untenable. - [Previous: c22.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.226) - [Next: c22.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.228) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.227) · Pramāṇa