Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.8

c15.8

Lastly came the uncleared jungles upon which the village could draw for its supply of fire-wood and litter [*Jātaka* I. 317; V. 10]. Examples of such forests were the Andhavana of Kośala, Sītāvana of Magadha, or the Prāchīna Vaṁsadāya of Śākya country, which are described as the haunts of wild beasts and brigands preying on caravan traffic passing through them [I. 99] [my *Hindu Civilization*, pp. 297-298].