Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s8.54

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⁷ Ep. Report for 1915, p. 107, op. cit. This was almost a violation of the classical principles. For Vasiṣṭha enjoins the following: 'No taxes (shall be paid) on the usufruct of rivers, dry grass, forests (places of) combustion and mountains. Vasiṣṭha, XIX, 26, p. 99, also ibid., 27-8, p. 99.