The Mauryan Polity c8.s4.t6.14
The Mauryan Polity c8.s4.t6.14
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c8.s4.t6.14
The fines for these offences are said to be pañcabandha and daśabandha, the fifth and tenth parts of the sums sued for.¹ The Arthaśāstra rules that creditors of high social status, guilty of parokta, shall pay a fine, equal to one-tenth of the amount sued for, and creditors of lower status one-fifth of the amount.²