The Mauryan Polity c9.s3.t2.1
The Mauryan Polity c9.s3.t2.1
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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