The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c23.36

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¹ This is not certain evidence that they were private possessions, but such appears to have been the case, as the rules regarding flowing water, ‘seed cast in another's field,’ etc. also presuppose private ownership (Manu, ix, 52 f.). To ‘let land’ renders one impure (Āp., *Dh. S.*, i, 18, 20).