Freeing Prisoners On Special Occasions In Ancient India

Bandhana Vimukti is a technical term in the Arthashastra of Kautilya and it literally means freedom from captivity or freedom from prison (jail) on special occasions in ancient India. During Vedic times and during the period of the Mauryan ruler (3 BCE), various kinds of punishments were meted out to the perpetrators of crime against society. Kautilya in his Arthashastra (4, 8-17) prescribes the

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