The Mauryan Polity c8.s4.t7.24

c8.s4.t7.24

The translation of this śloka by Shāma Śāstri is faulty. It runs as follows: ‘Once in a day or once in five nights, jails may be emptied of prisoners in consideration of the work they have done, or of whipping inflicted upon them, or of an adequate ransom paid by them in gold.’¹