Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c5.46
Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c5.46
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In the above couplet the word सेतुभ्यः cannot be taken as the technical term for canals; for the term is a general one and has been used in several senses in the Arthaśāstra, *e.g.* bridges, watercourses, embankments.¹ But in Book II,² सीताप्यक्षः, we meet with the word कुल्यावापानां,³ which means countries where water is drawn from कुल्या. This term कुल्या means an artificial watercourse, and was perhaps the technical name for canals.