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Book 2 Chapter XXXIII Paragraph 3

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 2 - The Duties of Government Superintendents / Chapter XXXIII · Verse Paragraph 3

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The best chariot shall measure 10 purushas in height (,i.e., 120 angulas), and 12 purushas in width. After this model, 7 more chariots with width decreasing by one purusha successively down to a chariot of 6 purushas in width shall be constructed. He shall also construct chariots of gods (devaratha), festal chariots (pushyaratha), battle chariots (sángrámika), travelling chariots (páriyánika), chariots used in assailing an enemy's strong-holds (parapurabhiyánika), and training chariots.