Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s3.20

v1.c10.s3.20

We have some more names of the duties and imposts in Śaka 1058 and Śaka 1066 (A.D. 1163 and 1144 respectively). Areca-nuts, fifty on a load, twenty on a half-load, five on a hasara; betel leaves, one hundred on a load, fifty on a head-load, twenty-five on a hasara; clarified butter and oil, a sollage (= 1/4 of a kuḍava or balla) on each koḍa, half a maund on each siddige,³ one maund on each saṅgadi (=double of siddige?). On each cloth merchant's shop and goldsmith's shop, a paṇam on every gold piece. Cotton, five palas on each malave; two bisige on each malave of karuse (sold) from carts, ten palas on each half-load. On each house of laṅkas (carpenters?) there shall be every six months (a due of) stools, tripods, and maravi, one of each; every year there shall be (a due of) one bedstead. On goods sold by weight such as green ginger, turmeric, dry ginger, garlic, baje (acorus calamus) and bhadramuṣṭe (cyperus hexastachys) there shall be (a due of) five palas on each load, two palas on a half-load, one pala on a hasara; cummin, black pepper, and mustard, one maund on each load, a half-maund on each half-load, a sollage on each hasara; on salt and the other eighteen kinds of grain, one kolaga on each cart-load, two maunds on each load, one maund on each head-load; dry and fresh fruits, ten on each cart-load, four on each head-load; on each cart-load one daṇḍige, five myrabolans; on each pair of hūtes one daṇḍige, two myrabolans; on each basket of flowers one garland, for the potters, one pot on each shop.¹