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Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c6.s1.12

Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c6.s1.12

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c6.s1.12

As to the kinds of animals that were allowed admission into the grazing grounds, we have information from two passages,³ the first of which mentions cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, asses, camels, horses, and mules; the second, which appears in a different context, referring to cows, horses and camels as being the animals that flourish on pastures and are the source of power to the king.