Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.t4.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.t4.1
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c8.t4.1
The foot-soldier (*pāyatta*) constituted the main portion of the army. Kauṭilya classifies them as regulars (*maula*), hired soldiers (*bhṛta*), those supplied by fighting corporations (*śreṇī*), those recruited from the enemies' country, those recruited from the country of an ally, and lastly, those recruited from amongst wild tribes.⁴⁰