Indian Antiquary Vol 34

SR No.: 032526
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 548
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1905.
Courtezans who place their jewels in the hands of other persons than their mothers shall be punished with a fine of 44 paņas. Courtezans who sell or mortgage their ancestral property shall be punished with a fine of 507 panas.
Courtezans shall be punished with a fine of 24 paņas for insulting those who court them, - with a fine of 48 paņas for beating them, and with a fine of 514 pawas for cutting off their ears.
Courtezans shall make a report to the Government not only about the income they have earned and are likely to earn, but also about the persons who have been courting them.
5. Dramatists, players, singers, and other musicians that have recently come to the kingdom shall pay 5 panas for holding their performances. A courtezan shall pay to the Government two days' earnings in a month.
Professors who are capable of teaching music, playing with musical instruments, dancing, writing, painting, garland-making, shampooing, and other accomplishments shall be provided with maintenance by the king. They shall accordingly train dramatists, players, painters, &c.
(0) Gambling
1. With a view to seize foreign spices, the Superintendent of Gambling shall centralise gambling and punish with a fine of 12 paņas those who gamble in places other than fixed localities. Gamblers bringing complaint to the king shall be severely punished. My preceptor is of opinion that of the two, the winner and the loser in gambling, if the former complain, he shall be punished with a fine of 1,000 paņas, and if the latter, with a fine of 2,000 panas, since, withont knowing how to gamble, he gambles, and, unable to endure his loss, complains to the king. I, Kautilya, cannot bring myself to agree with my preceptor ; for, if the panishment of the loser be doubled, then no gambler will complain to the king. The majority of gamblers are too clever in false play to be honest. Hence a person noted for his character and honesty shall be appointed as Superintendent of Gambling. The Superintendent shall supply the gamblers with dice nt one-fourth of mdsha for a pair as hire. If any gambler substitutes by trick his own dice for those thus supplied, he shall be punished with a fine of 12 panas,
Fraud in gambling shall be punished with a fine of 1,000 panas. A loser claiming or attempting to get back the wager is culpable and shall be subject to the punishment of theft.
3. The Superintendent shall take five per cent of the wager from the several winners, shall also receive tho hire for which the dice, &c., have been supplied, and also the amount chargeable for providing water, room, and the licence for gambling.
The Superintendent of Gambling shall also have the power of executing the sale or mortgage of properties and shall be punished if he neglect to forbid all kinds of tricks by sleight of hand in gambling,
(V) Buildings,
Note. The only way of deriving any revenue from buildings in forts was through Ines imposed in cases of violating the rules laid down with regard to forms of buildings and sanitation.