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Over such commanders, there used be commander-in-chief who is the bravest of all commanders. a We are informed that for hundred of commanders there was chief of staff (Senapati) under whose control the armed forces used to be there. On his appointment, he was highly honoured by the king with tauryatrika (dance, song and music) while the bards sang praises for him and the king came out to honour him with precious presents. Thus, for each 10,000 (myriad) (ayuta) of soldiers there was a commander-in-chief (28-30). Observation : Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika information of recruiting soldiers from martial races, holds good even in case of the present day Armed Forces and so al so the case with recruiting from a family whose members have already served the army. However, Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika does not inform us about the classification of the footsoldiers into six categories like Maula, Bhrtya, Maitra, Graina, Atavika and Amitra Atavika and Amitra (Manasa. 2.6.556), Arthasastra (9.2.1) etc. and the seventh category like the Autsahika Arthasastra (9.2.26) which is raised during war. Nor, we have any reference to pay and remuneration of such soldiers about which others have shown much concern. Kiratarjuniyam (1.19) etc. Manasa (2.6.568-69), Similarly we only get cryptic information about their dress, weapons, organisation and the Commander-in-chief.

555 Thus it appears that the author wants to pass off while giving information of a general nature on this topic while leaving texts like Mahabharata Arthasastra and other texts on Military Science (Dhanurveda) to take care of of the details.