Indian Epigraphy c16.s5.31

c16.s5.31

In the Sungal plate³ of king Vidagdha (first half of the 11th century) of Chamba, the land is given ‘as far as its limits, grass, pounds and pasture ground; together with fruit-trees and with the water-courses and channels; with approaches, ingress and egress; with fallow land and cultivated land; with [the fines for] the ten offences; to be enjoyed by the succession of sons, sons’ sons and so forth; uncurtailable; unopposed; not to be entered by the *Cāṭas* and *Bhaṭas*; free from tax; inalienable; for as long as the moon, the sun, the ocean and the earth endure’. It is further stated, ‘Having understood this, he (i.e. the donee) should freely enjoy and make [others] enjoy [this grant] on the authority of our charter. The subjects, residents in the gift land, in obedience to our command, will have to deliver to him the regular share of [the produce], the periodical offerings, taxes in kind and cash, and every other tribute due to the king. And, of our Cāṭas and Bhaṭas and others, no one will be allowed to get into his house, to let his vegetables be grazed on, to cut his ripe crops and to crush his sugarcane, to take rocika and ciṭolā [from him], to take cow's milk [from him], to carry off his stools, benches or couches, and to seize his wood, fuel, grass, chaff and so on. Not even the slightest oppression or vexation should be caused to him or to his ploughmen, cowherds, maids, servants and all other people dependent on him'.