Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c9.s37.2

c9.s37.2

³ One sentence of strabo is usually translated: 'Their houses and property are for the most part unguarded'. But Breloer questions the correctness of the text and holds that the last word should properly read 'guarded', implying a contrast between the stronger closed part of a house and its more open portions—a plan of house building imposed by the climate and prevailing even now. KS, ii, p. 9.