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Theft and robbery in early Indian records: Types of Theives and Robbers

By Kali Pada Hore

Book information

Publisher
University of Calcutta
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1640117 bytes)
Pages
31\31
Topic
History
Time added
2023-05-05 12:39:55
Ancient IndiaIndian historyrobber guilds,theives

Description

Theft and robbery in early Indian records (2016) is a PhD thesis by the Researcher Kali Pada Hore under the Guide D. C. Sircar from the University of Calcutta, Department of History http://hdl.handle.net/10603/154954 https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/154954 Chapter 3 is about the types of thieves that existed in Ancient India. The ancient Indian texts classify thieves into highway robbers, burglars, extortionists and more. The various methods used to classify them and how these classifications varied between the Hindus, Jains and Buddhists is discussed. The chapter is very valuable as information regarding this topic is scarce in other places. The whole PhD thesis can be found on Shodhganga.

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