The Mauryan Polity c9.s3.t2: attention to the sick and the wounded

The Mauryan Polity c9.s3.t2

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attention to the sick and the wounded

c9.s3.t2.1

Special attention was devoted to the sick and the wounded. Physicians accompanied the army with surgical instruments (*śastra*), mechanical appliances (*yantra*), healing balm (*sneha*), dressing cloth (*vastra*), and nurses (*striyaḥ*). They took their stand in the rear and inspired the soldiers.⁴

c9.s3.t2.2

⁴ Bk. X, ch. 3. Cp. *Śānti*, 95, 12.

Linked texts (2)

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit