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Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c9.s1.17

Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c9.s1.17

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(i) रथचर्यापथ, *i.e.* roads for chariots, paved with planks cut from the trunks of palms, or with broad and thick slabs of stones. (ii) प्रतौली, which was a broad passage between two towers (अट्टालक). (iii) देवपथ, which was the passage leading to a temple. (iv) Paths which were as broad as a daṇḍa (8 feet) or two and were called चर्या.