Army was always accompanied by laborers and engineers which worked as sappers and miners.
Labour gang preceded armies and repaired , flattened roads , broke rocks , filled quicksand with dry earth ,fell trees , made boat Bridges , searched for suitable places for camps etc.
There was a separate department dealing with this.
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About Leader of the caravan
How traders crossed the Maru and reached the cities of Sindhu Valley . They travelled only during night . A sthalanirnayaka (Land Guide) guided the caravan with the help of Stars .
Sinking ship
Probable description of Indian merchant's route from Bhrigukaccha (Bharuch) to Mediterranean .

Nalamala = Canal ( ? between Red sea and Mediterranean)
Valabhamukha = Volcanic sea (? Mediterranean)
Some colonist reached a rich island with natural beauty and Produce . There they found a lone survivor of a shipwreck living his life in extravagance .
"Farming and sweating,plowing and sowing is not necessary in my Domain , India? This place is much better than India! "
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