Arthashastra

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सगोप स्थानिको बाह्यं प्रदेष्टा चोर मार्गणम् । कुर्यान् नागरिकश् च अन्तर् दुर्गे निर्दिष्ट हेतुभिः ॥

A commissioner (pradeshtá) with his retinue of gopas and sthánikas shall take steps to find out external thieves; and the officer in charge of a city (nágaraka) shall, under the circumstances sketched above, try to detect internal thieves inside fortified towns.

english translation

sagopa sthAniko bAhyaM pradeSTA cora mArgaNam । kuryAn nAgarikaz ca antar durge nirdiSTa hetubhiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript