The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c16.49

c16.49

¹ In the Kautilîya-artha-sâstra, one of the earliest manuals of Indian political economy, the proportion was as follows: One-fifth of the grain grown by manual irrigation; one-fourth of the grain irrigated by water carried on the shoulder; one-third of that irrigated by pumps; and one-fourth of that irrigated by water derived from rivers, reservoirs or wells, with an additional one-fourth or one-fifth of the total produce ("Antiquities of India," by Dr. L. D. Barnett, p. 102).