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ON THE ARMY ORGANISATION 



111. Vamkakarsakhandabhyam raj vartkavalayair yutau 

 evamvidhaklialinena vasikuryat tu vajinam. 



112. Nasikakarsarajva tu vrsostram vinayet bhrsara 225 

 tiksnagro yah saptaphalah syat esam malasodhane. 



113. Sutadanairvineya hi manusyah pasavah sada, 

 sainikastu visesena na te vai dhanadandatah. 



114. Anupe tu vrsasvanam gajostranam tu jangale 



sadharane padatinam nivesat raksanam bhavet. 230 



115. Satain satam yojanante sainyam rastre niyojayet. 



116. Q-ajostravrsabhasvali prak srestbah sambbaravahane ; 

 sarvebbyab sakatah srestba varsakalam vina smrtah. 



117. Na calpasadbano gacchet api jetum ripum lagbum 

 mabatatyantasadyaskabalenaiva subuddbiyuk. 235 



111. and are joined with rings for reins both for stopping and 



pulling back ; with such a bridlebit one may manage 

 a horse. 



112. One may guide firmly a bull with a rein pulling through Bullrein. 



its nose, in cleaning them of dirt should be (used) an 

 instrument with seven sharp-pointed combs. 



113. Men and beasts should certainly always be managed by 



severe beating; but soldiers specially ; they should not 

 be subjected to fines. 



114. By keeping horses and bulls in a marshy country, elephants 



in a jungle (and) foot-soldiers in a plain, their safety 

 will be ensured. 



115. At the end of each yoj an a, 145 a king should keep in his Distri- 



inhabited kingdom a troop of one hundred soldiers. o?troops. 



116. Elephants, camels, bulls and horses are in the order of prece- 



dence excellent for carrying provisions, better than all 

 these are stated to be cars, except in the rainy season. 



117. A wise general should not march even against a weak enemy Precepts 



insufficiently prepared, but only with a very numerous ^nd ghtmg 

 army consisting of troops of the line. ruling. 



145 A yoj ana is a measure of different length, its shortest extent amounts 

 to 2\ and its longest to about 18 English miles; it is generally fixed at 4 

 krosas or 9 English miles. 



