The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c28.14

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⁵ Megasth. I, 14: παρὰ δὲ τούτοις τῶν γεωργῶν ἱερῶν καὶ ἀσύλων ἐωμένων οἱ πλησίον τῶν τάξεων γεωργοῦντες ἀνεπαίσθητοι τῶν κινδύνων εἰσίν; *cf.* I, 44. The Mahābhārata (e.g. XII, 69, 38 sqq.) qualifies this picture in practice; see Hopkins, *op. cit.* p. 185.