BY THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



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All these troops were commanded by generals, whose rank 

 depended upon the number of troops under their orders. 

 The ministers of the king held mostly also the office of 

 generals. 



All the soldiers, from the private to the commander-in- 

 chief, received their pay regularly every month. The crown- 

 prince, who was generally the next in command to the 

 king, received every month 5,000 varvas, or gold coins ; 8 the 

 commander-in-chief drew 4,000 varvas ; the atiratha, the 

 first charioteer, who was usually a royal prince, received 3,000 

 varvas; the maharatha 2,000 varvas; the rathika and the 

 gajayodhi, 1,000 varvas each; the ardharatha 500 varvas; 

 the ekaratha (commander of a chariot), and the leader of an 

 elephant got each 300 niskas. The general commanding all 

 the cavalry obtained 3,000 niskas ; the general in command 

 of the whole infantry received 2,000 niskas. An officer 

 commanding 1,000 men of infantry got 500 niskas ; an officer 

 who led the same number of troopers received 1,000 niskas ; 



5. Visalovijayah suci sthuno barnascamUmukliah ' ^ 

 mukhasyovijayasceti dandasaptadasatmakah. 



6. Gomutrika hamsika ca sahcarl sakatastatha 

 evam karapatantlti bhogabhedastu panca vai. 



7. Ardhacandrakataddharo vajrassakatakastatha 

 srngi ca kakapadlca godhiketyaparasmrtah. 



8. Asaihhatah sadvidhassyat ityahurvyuhakovidah 

 sarvabhadro durjayasca mandalopi dvidha iti. 



9. Varahl makaravyuho garudah kraufica eva ca 

 padmadyascangavaikalyat etebbyaste prtbak smytab. 



8 The value of the varva, which is an ancient coin, is difficult to determine. 

 In the Nltiprakasika, VI, 89-101, the rewards which are to be given to 

 soldiers who kill a king, a crown-prince, a commander-in-chief, a leader of 

 ' an Aksauhim, a councillor, and a minister, &c, &c, are also fixed in varvas. 



89. Dadyat prahrsto niyutam varvanam rajaghatine 

 tadardhantatsutavadhe senapativadhe tatha. 



90. Aksauhinipativadhe tadardham paricaksate 

 mantryamatyavadhe caiva tadardham tu pradapayet, Sec, &c. 



Sloka89 is also found in the Kamandakiya, XIX, 18, having been most 

 probably taken from this work of Vaiaampayana. 



