Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c7.52

c7.52

**Hunting.** According to the Greek writers, the king leaves the palace and goes about among the public on three occasions. "One is for the purpose of hearing cases which occupy him throughout the day," as we have already seen. The second occasion is when he goes to hunt, surrounded by his womenhunters, as already stated. "A rope is stretched to mark the road, and it is death for any one to go past it among the women. Drummers and bell-ringers lead the way. In his hunting enclosures, the king shoots with a bow from an elevated place, two or three armed women standing beside him. When hunting in a place not enclosed, he shoots from an elephant."