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# The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.173

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.173

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### [v1.c19.s9.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.173)

Other instances of trades having \*jeṭṭhakas\* are seamen, or at least pilots (\*niyyāmaka\*)², garland makers³, caravan traders and guards⁴, and robbers or brigands. We read, e.g., of a little robber-gāma in the hills, near Uttara-Pañchāla, numbering 500 families⁵.

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