Ebook: Theft and robbery in early Indian records: Types of Theives and Robbers

Theft and robbery in early Indian records (2016) is a PhD thesis by the Researcher Kali Pada Hore under the Guide D. C. Sircar from the University of Calcutta, Department of History
http://hdl.handle.net/10603/154954
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/154954

Chapter 3 is about the types of thieves that existed in Ancient India. The ancient Indian texts classify thieves into highway robbers, burglars, extortionists and more. The various methods used to classify them and how these classifications varied between the Hindus, Jains and Buddhists is discussed.

The chapter is very valuable as information regarding this topic is scarce in other places. The whole PhD thesis can be found on Shodhganga.