Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s1.34

c12.s1.34

The following is the categorical list of crimes and criminals which these commissioners were expected to detect. These include corruption, extortion, false witness, counterfeiting coins, violation of women's chastity, practice of witchcraft, quack medical practitioners, making of poisonous drugs, dishonest blacksmiths, illconducted coppersmiths, and profligate goldsmiths.² To this list of Kauṭalya, Manu adds cheats, false astrologers, palmists, inefficient elephant trainers, experts in traffic in women, non-āryans passing themselves as āryans.³ These Manu characterizes as open