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taxes, but even receives maintenance from the royal exchequer.
49The fifth caste is the Military.[ref 1] It is well organized and equipped for war, holds the second place in point of numbers, and gives itself up to idleness and amusement in the times of peace. The entire force—men-at-arms, war-horses, war-elephants, and all—are maintained at the king's expense.
50The sixth caste consists of the Overseers. It is their province to inquire into and superintend all that goes on in India, and make report to the king,[ref 2] or, where there is not a king, to the magistrates.
51The seventh caste consists of the Councillors and Assessors,—of those who deliberate on public affairs. It is the smallest class, looking to number, but the most respected, on account of the high character and wisdom of its members; 52for from their ranks the advisers of the king are taken, and the treasurers of the state, and the arbiters who settle disputes. The generals of the army also, and the chief magistrates, usually belong to this class.
53Such, then, are about the parts into which the body politic in India is divided. No one is allowed to marry out of his own caste, or to
