Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c5.50

c5.50

Special care was taken for keeping tanks and other waterworks in good repair, and the minimum fine in the case of those who were prone to neglecting them, viz. the owners of rent-free lands, was fixed at double the loss caused by their remissness.⁴ There were other regulations, *e.g.* one prohibiting men from emptying a tank of its water and from allowing the water of a higher tank to flow into a lower one unless the latter had been useless for three consecutive years.