History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.4
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.4
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¹²³⁸ Gibbon remarks 'At the voice of their pastor, the robber, the incendiary, the homicide arose by thousands to redeem their souls by repeating on the infidels the same deeds which they had exercised against their christian brethren and the terms of atonement were eagerly embraced by offenders of every rank and denomination' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. VII (ed of 1862) p 188.