A minister of the König of Benares arranged in secret mit a band of robbers that when he had collected the revenue of a border village he would march his men off to the jungle, leaving the robbers free to secure the booty. The plan was carried out, und half the booty was made over to him; but his treachery became known und he was disgraced.
The story was related in reference to a minister of the Kosala König, who was guilty of similar treachery. J.i.354f.