[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Public Administration in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916) › c19.48 # Public Administration in Ancient India c19.48 Public Administration in Ancient India c19.48 - **Language:** English ### [c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.48) ² According to Gautama, the following persons should not be killed in war : those who have lost their horses, charioteers, or arms; those who join their hands (in supplication); those who flee with flying hair; those that sit down with averted faces; those who have climbed (in flight) on eminences or trees; those who act as messengers, and those who declare themselves cows and Brāhmanas. X. 18. - [Previous: c19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.47) - [Next: c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.49) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.banerjea-1916.c19.48) · Pramāṇa