The Mauryan Polity c7.s6.t3.7
The Mauryan Polity c7.s6.t3.7
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c7.s6.t3.7
(4) All unclaimed property, whether lost or stolen, lapsed to the king. But when people would prove their title to such articles, they would be handed over to the owners. As against this it may be pointed out there is a prescription in the same chapter that the king should compensate the loss accruing to his citizens by theft.¹