[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s5.2 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s5.2 Indian Epigraphy c16.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s5.2) The Rummindei pillar inscription¹ of Aśoka states that, on the occasion of the emperor's visit to Lumbinīgrāma the birth-place of the Buddha, the holy place was made free from the obligation of paying \*bali\* (\*udbalika\*) and liable to pay only one-eighth of the produce of the fields (\*aṣṭabhāgika\*). The word \*bali\* has been used here apparently in the sense of land tribute excluding \*bhāga\* or the king's grain share. The normal rate of the king's share of grains seems to have been one-sixth for certain crops and one-fourth for others.² The income resulting from these exemptions was probably meant for being utilised for the maintenance of the holy place or the Buddhist religious establishment existing there. - [Previous: c16.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s5.1) - [Next: c16.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s5.3) - [Up: c16.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Rummindeī Pillar Inscription](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.maurya.rummindei-pillar-inscription) — Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s5.2) · Pramāṇa