Tribes in Ancient India c7.72

c7.72

⁴ See Shāma Shāstri’s translation of the Arthaśāstra, p. 455. Shāma Shāstri renders ‘rāja-śabda-upajīvinaḥ’ by ‘lived by the title of a rājā’, but this is too vague to convey the meaning. For a fuller discussion on the subject, see Chapter on the Licchavis.