Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c11.24

c11.24

**Jail-deliveries.** There are to be limited gaol-deliveries on the following occasions: (1) the day of the lunar mansion (*Nakshatra*) in which the king is born; (2) the day of full moon, when juvenile prisoners, the old, the sick, and the destitute only will be released. There are to be general gaol-deliveries on occasions of national rejoicing such as (1) Conquest of a new country, (2) Installation of Yuvarāja, (3) Birth of a prince. There is also a jail regulation that everyday, or once in five days, account (*viśodhayet*) is to be taken of prisoners as to (a) prescribed labour (*karma*); (b) bodily punishment (*kāyadaṇḍa*) in lieu of (a); and (c) fine (*hiraṇya*)