Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c13.s2.38

c13.s2.38

**Place.** As to the place suitable for the operation of elephants, Kauṭilya [X. 4] prescribes as follows: "Accessible hills (*gamyaśaila*), low-lying swamps (*nimnavishamā*) and uneven ground with trees which can be pulled down, with plants that can be uprooted, and which is not boggy and broken into holes and pits (*paṅkabhaṅgavadaraṇa-hīnā*); also that which is full of dust (*pāṁśu*), mud (*kardama*), swamps, grass, and weeds, and free from the obstruction of the branches of big trees [X. 4].