Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.184

c9.184

Free passage was allowed to fishermen (*Kaivarta*); carriers of firewood and grass (*Kāshṭhatṛiṇabhāra*); watchmen of flower-and fruit-gardens (*pushpa-phala-vāṭa*); herdsmen looking after cows and bulls (*shaṇḍa-go-pālaka*); to policemen in pursuit of criminals; spies and men carrying provisions to the army; to persons carrying seed (*bīja*), food for labourers (*bhakta*) and plant-products such as flowers, fruits, vegetables etc. (*dravyaṁ-pushpaphala-śākādi*); people residing in marshy areas (*ānūpa-grāmāṇām*); and also Brāhmans, ascetics, children, the aged and afflicted, and pregnant women.