Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India c8.41

c8.41

The use of ferry without permission was considered a crime and people doing so were fined. A charge was made for the use of ferry boats from fishermen, gardeners, grass cutters, herdsmen, postmen, suppliers of goods for the military, fruit sellers, and the carriers of seeds etc. Marshy villages and those who used their own boats for going across the rivers had not to pay any kind of fees. The ferry boats did not also charge the Brahmans, wandering monks (*parivrājakas*), children and old men for ferrying them across the rivers.