The area that is now known to be modern day India, is a peninsula. The Arabian Sea borders the land on the west, the Indian ocean borders it to the south and the Bay of Bengal borders it to the east. The Himalaya Mountains separated the rest of east Asia, including China, from the Mauryan Empir
It says that people could be given money if the river flooded their farmland. It says that people could be made to jump in the river to determine their guilt or innocence.