Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c10.s1.23
Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c10.s1.23
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Remedial measures, medical as well as religious, were adopted to ward off pestilences. In times of epidemic, physicians had to be busy distributing medicines, and ascetics and priests with their auspicious and purificatory ceremonials.²