Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c13.s2.18

c13.s2.18

**Rewards.** Lastly, the Commander-in-chief used to declare the rewards and honours graded according to the value of the feats performed or the triumphs achieved. These were 100,000 (*paṇas*) for slaying the hostile king, 50,000 for slaying his Commanderin-chief and heir-apparent, 10,000 for the chief of the brave, 5000 for the commander of an elephant or a chariot-division, 1000 for the commandant of a cavalry division, 100 for the leader of the infantry (*patti-mukhya*), 20 for bringing a head and twice the pay in addition to whatever is seized [X. 3].'