Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c13.16

c13.16

(3) *Śreṇī*: gild-levies, troops recruited from the warrior clans belonging to countries such as Kāmboja, Surāshṭra and the like [XI. 1]; and also interpreted to mean soldiers pursuing the military art as a means of livelihood in the province (*Janapadavartyāyudhīyagaṇaḥ*) [I. 33; IX. 2, and X. 1];