The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.86
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.86
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c18.86
¹ Chāṇakya prescribes capital punishment for the slayer of an elephant (Bk. ii, ch. 2). In Burma the king was sole proprietor of all elephants, and possessed 6,000. The privilege of riding on or keeping an elephant was an honour granted only to men of the first rank and consequence (Symes, *Embassy to Ava*, ii, 8 : Constable).
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- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit