The Rashtrakutas and their Times c18.s1.t1.5

c18.s1.t1.5

⁴⁸ It is no doubt true that a 10th century record from Banavadi mentions an offering of boiled rice which the villagers had to pay for the ghosts of the village, (E. I., XI, p. 6) but as no other record mentions such a tax it is almost certain that it was not a universal one. It is also unlikely that Brahmana donees would have ever consented to receive for themselves such a tax.