Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.t1.4

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³ *Anu. Tī*, p 146 In the Kautilya's *Arthaśāstra* (p 156) there are mentioned no less than seven different sizes of chariots There are also mentioned six varieties of chariots for different purpose. The *devaratha* was the chariot for the idols, the *pustaratha* was the festal chariot, the *sangrāmika* the war chariot, the *pariyānika* that was used ordinarily for travelling. There was another class of war-chariots called the *starapurābhyāmka*. Then there was the *venayika* of chariot used in the period of training.