 The fifth class consists of fighting men, who, when not engaged in active service, pass their time in idleness and drinking. They are maintained at the king's expense, and hence they are always ready, when occasion calls, to take the field, for they carry...  Journal of the Department of Letters - Page 24by University of Calcutta. Department of Letters - 1927Full view - About this book
 | Megasthenes, John Watson McCrindle - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...the transport both of passengers and merchandize. (47) The fifth class consists of fightingmen, who, when not engaged in active service, pass their time...They are maintained at the king's expense, and hence they are always ready, when occasion calls, to take the field, for they carry nothing of their own... | |
 | Megasthenes - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...the transport both of passengers and merchandize. (47) The fifth class consists of fighting men, who, when not engaged in active service, pass their time...They are maintained at the king's expense, and hence they are always ready, when occasion calls, to take the field, for they carry nothing of their own... | |
 | Robert Watson Frazer - India - 1898 - 502 pages
...care of 1 M'Crindle, " Indika of Arrian," p. 210. 2 "The fifth class consists of fighting men, who, when not engaged in active service, pass their time...They are maintained at the king's expense, and hence they are always ready, when occasion calls, to take the field, for they carry nothing of their own... | |
 | Francis John Monahan - Administrative law - 1925 - 280 pages
...transport both of passengers and merchandise. ' The fifth class (irE/XTToV) consists of fighting men, who, when not engaged in active service, pass their time...They are maintained at the king's expense, and hence they are always ready, when occasion calls, to take the field; for they carry nothing of their own... | |
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