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# War in Ancient India c5.s2.66

War in Ancient India c5.s2.66

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### [c5.s2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.66)

8. A warrior who requests to be rescued saying ‘I am thine’ or joins his hand in supplication, or throws off his weapon, must not be killed. But he can be captured as a prisoner of war.⁸⁴

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