URBAN DECAY, ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE AND THE BRHATSAMHITA 31 167. Brhatsamhita, 111.6,17,19; IV.14,16,18,21; V.23,27,54,55,56,61,71,92,95; VI.9; VII.16; VIII.8,19; IX.14,23,25,41; X.2,20,XI.13,30,31,32,36; XII.22, XVI.42; XVII.5; XX.1,2; XXIV.30; XXVII.4; XXXII.28; XXXIII.12; XXXIV.16; XXXV.4; XLVI.27,38 (2 references), XLVII.4,13,16; LVIII.50; LXXIX.24; LXXXVI.65; XCV.2,7,8,11. 168. Ibid., 111.26; IV.13,21; V.20,23 (I & II), 54,55,61; VI.2,8,10; VII.2,3; VIII.4,11,17,28; IX.30,32,42; X.2; XI.31,32; XII.20; XVI.42; XX.2; XXIV.30; XXXVI 1.4; XXX.9; 12,13,14; XXXII.10,14,28; XXXII.12; XXXIV.16; XXXV.5; XLIH.64; XLVII.12,13; XCV.5,59. 169. 111.16; IV.5; V.9,21,23,34.27,34 (2 references), 39 (2 references), 61,73,75,76,82,89,90; VIII.7,13,16,19,40; IX.14,26; X.I 1;XI X.I,8,9,21; XXIV.23 (2 references); 33; XXV.2; XXX.13,30; XXXI.1; XXXI.10; XXXIV.12; XXXV. 5; XXX1X.4; XL.4,8 (references), 9,10; XL VII.16; LXXXI X.19; destruction due to pests-I II.29;IV.29; V.27,52; VIII.4; XI.30,31,32; XXIV.33; XXV.3; XXXV.4; XXXVI.42; XLVI.80; LXXI X.24; LXXXVI 1.22. 170. Ibid., III.5; IV.9,11,18,19,20; V.20,21,22 (I & II), 75, 78,87; VII.14; VIII.9; 2,29-30, 36,44,50; IX.8,12,16,20; XI.8,14,29,46; XVIII.5; XIX.6,13,15,16; XXI V.10,23,24,33,36; XXV.2,5; XXVII.1,9,15; XXXII.29; XXXII.29; XXXI 11.10; XL.2,3,4,6,7,11,14; XCV.4. 171. Ibid., III.16;22,28; V.55,71,74^76,77,86,87, VI.II; VI 11.7,8,25 (2 references), 32,40,44 (2 references), 46,50; IX.37,39,42,44; X.2,8; XVII.4,17,21,23; XIX.2,8,20,21; XXIV.21,24,26,35; XXVI. 13,15; XXVII.3,8; XXVIII. 1,21,24; XXIX.14; XXX.4,14,26; XXXII.14; XXXI 11.29; XXXIX.3. 172. Ibid., V.54,59; VII. 1,18; VIII.40,48; IX.26,28,29,43; XXIV.19; XXVI.13; XXVIII.18; XXXVI.22; XXXIV.06; LXXXVIH.36; LXXXIX.6; XCV.58. 173. A.K.Narain, 'Religious Policy and Toleration in Ancient India with particular Reference to the Gupta Age', in B.L.Smith (ed.), Essays on Gupta Culture, Delhi, 1983, pp.44-48. 174. For literary references to famines, see V.K. Thakur, op.cit., pp.296-298. 175. For the archaeological corroboration of such references, though pertaining to an earlier period, see M.D. N. Sahi, 'Famine of the Gangetic Valley Mentioned in the Yuga Purana-Its Date and Economic Aspect', Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 32nd session, 1970, Part I, pp.163-173. 176. Brhatsamhita. IV.11,14; V.30,36 (2 references), 35,78; VII.4; VIII.13, 42; IX.40,42,43; XII.20; XVII.18,19,26; XI X.2,7, XXX.13 (2 references LIII.6; LXl.6,7; LXXIX.31; LXXXI X.5. 177. Ibid.,V.20,78; IX.20; XIX.11,13; XL.6; LXI.17; LXXI 1.6; LXXIX.6; C.5. 178. Ibid., V.36;IX.15. 179. Ibid., IX.17. 180. Ibid., V.68; LXXXVII.45. 181. Ibid., V.66,72; VI 1.6; IX.43; X.3; XIX.3; XXXI.4; XXXVI.5; XXXI X.4; LVI.27; LIX.13; LXIII.l; LXXXVII.43. 182. Ibid., V.66,72,94; X.9; XVII.26; XIX.3; XXXVI.5; XXXIX.5. 183. Ibid., XVIII.5; XIX.13. 184. Ibid., VII.6; X.3; XXXI.4; XLVI.27. 185. Ibid., V.33; IX.40; XVII.26. 186. Ibid., XXXII 1.4; XXXI X.5. 187. For the growing importance of trade in hors^, see Chitralekha Gupta, 'Horse Trade in North-India : Some Reflections on Socio-Economic Life', Journal of Ancient Indian History, Vol.XIV,pp. 186-206. 188. G.C. Pande has made a preliminary attempt in this direction, 'Population in Ancient India', Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Vol.XLV, nos. 1-4, pp.381-390. 189. K. Prasad, op.cit., pp. 29-65.