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" Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it. "
Chandragupta Maurya and His Times - Page 91
by Radhakumud Mookerji - 1966 - 263 pages
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Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian, Volume 1

Megasthenes, John Watson McCrindle - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...market, others of the city, others of the soldiers. Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which...from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it. 2The same persons have charge also of the huntsmen, and are...
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Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian

Megasthenes - India - 1877 - 246 pages
...market, others of the city, others of the soldiers. Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which...from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it. "The same persons have charge also of the huntsmen, and are...
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A History of Civilization in Ancient India: Based on Sanscrit ..., Volume 2

Romesh Chunder Dutt - India - 1889 - 368 pages
...generally the work of administration in rural tracts. " Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which...from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it. The same persons' have charge also of the huntsmen, and are...
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Buddhist India

Thomas William Rhys Davids - Buddhism - 1903 - 378 pages
...of the city, others of the soldiers. Some superintend the rivers [canals ?], — measuring the land as is done in Egypt, — and inspect the sluices by...from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it. "The same persons have charge also of the huntsmen [surely...
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The Modern Review, Volume 9

Ramananda Chatterjee - India - 1911 - 778 pages
...course of a year." — Book I. Fragment, I. And again, "Some superintend the rivers, measure the land as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into other branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it."— Book III. Fragment XXXIV. These...
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Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity: Based on the Arthaṡâstra of Kautilya ...

Narendra Nath Law, Radhakumud Mookerji - Administrative law - 1914 - 660 pages
...course of a year." — Bk. I, Fragment i. And again, " Some superintend the rivers, measure the land as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into other branches, so that everyone may have an equal supply of it." — Bk. III, Fragment xxxiv. These...
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Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity: Based on the Arthaṡâstra of Kautilya ...

Narendra Nath Law, Radhakumud Mookerji - Administrative law - 1914 - 260 pages
...etc., who were in charge of the military. 2. " Some superintend the rivers, measure the land . . . and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into their branches." Kautilya also mentions provisions for irrigation under the Superintendent of the Admiralty [-«fixm--Bi]...
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Education in Baroda

Thakorlal Ranchhodlal Pandya - Education - 1915 - 214 pages
...generally the work of administration in rural tracts. "Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it. The same officers have charge also of huntsmen, and are entrusted...
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Public Administration in Ancient India

Pramathanath Banerjea - Administrative law - 1916 - 336 pages
...construction and maintenance of canals, lakes and tanks. Megasthenes says : " Some Officers-of-State superintend the rivers, measure the lands, as is done...so that everyone may have an equal supply of it." 2 The Irrigation Officers of Chandragupta built a dam at Girnar, and thus formed the great Sudarsana...
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The Indian Review, Volume 20

G.A. Natesan - India - 1919 - 1032 pages
...Мяигуа, Megasthenes says (4th -century В. С ) : " Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which...from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it." At one time, probably before the establishment of the Maurya...
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