The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.251

c22.251

The salary of the principal of a big Sanskrit College was 50 Nivartanas.¹⁴⁷ A Nivartana was a little less than 5 acres, and therefore, this salary would be equal to the net produce of 250 acres of land. We do not know the quality of this piece of land, but if we suppose that it was neither too bad nor too good, the conclusion would be that the principals of famous colleges were getting about 20 times the income of the ordinary Brahmana, and 10 times the income of the village Sanskrit teacher. This conclusion is, however, a tentative one as it is not based on sure premises, since neither the dimensions of a Mattar nor its precise produce is definitely known.