Arthashastra

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क्षुद्र पशु मनुष्य पथं रुन्धतो द्वादश पणो दण्डः, महा पशु पथं चतुर् विंशति पणः, हस्ति क्षेत्र पथं चतुष् पञ्चाशत् पणः, सेतु वन पथं षट् शतः, श्मशान ग्राम पथं द्विशतः, द्रोण मुख पथं पञ्च शतः, स्थानीय राष्ट्र विवीत पथं साहस्रः ॥

Obstruction to roads for inferior beasts or men shall be punished with a fine of 12 panas; to roads for superior beasts 24 panas; to roads for elephants or to those leading to fields, 54 panas; to those leading to any buildings or forests (setuvanapatham), 600 panas; to those for burial grounds or villages, 200 panas; to those for dronamukha, a fortress, 500 panas; and those leading to sthániya, country parts, or pasture grounds, 1,000 panas.

english translation

kSudra pazu manuSya pathaM rundhato dvAdaza paNo daNDaH, mahA pazu pathaM catur viMzati paNaH, hasti kSetra pathaM catuS paJcAzat paNaH, setu vana pathaM SaT zataH, zmazAna grAma pathaM dvizataH, droNa mukha pathaM paJca zataH, sthAnIya rASTra vivIta pathaM sAhasraH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript