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103. The king should divide the booty taken from the Division 



0 . - of booty. 



country of the enemy : half of it should be given to the 

 soldiers, and the other half he should take himself. 



104. A soldier who should take a horse or a chariot with its 

 appurtenances, should, being praised by the king, obtain the 

 fourth part of its value. 



105. The king should give to his soldiers for the worn out Soldiers 



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weapons and for the things taken from them in war by the armed at 

 enemy, new ones in their stead without reducing the pay. expensf * 



106. To the relations of those who have for his sake been Pensions, 

 killed in battle by the enemy, and also to those who are worn 



out in his service, he should give pensions. 



107. To the families of those who are dead and to those 

 who are living, but have in the past served the king very 

 faithfully, he should give half of their former pay. 



108. The young soldiers, who while facing the enemy in 

 battle become cripples and unfit for service of the king, should 

 receive half of their former pay. 



109; To him, who in order to undo the machinations of the Double 

 enemies informs the king of their secret plans, is promised wa s e8 « 

 double wages, 



110. The king should assign a large amount of money to 

 him who sows dissension in the hostile army, who scales 

 the hostile forts, and who increases his kingdom. 



111. The successful king who has thus employed his soldiers, 

 conquered his enemies, achieved his objects, acquired great 

 renown and power, worthy of being praised by the best of 

 kings obtains glory. 



The seventh chapter begins with an enumeration of the Seventh 

 strength of the nine different divisions of an army, i.e., Chapter * 

 patti, sendmukha, gulma, gana, vahirii, prtand, camu, antkini 

 and aksauhinl. The first 31 slokas are devoted to this subject, 

 which is also treated by me in my monograph " On the 

 Weapons used by the ancient Hindus." 40 



40 Pp. 4-6 and Madras Journal, pp. 170-172. 



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