Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s9.37

v1.c10.s9.37

We may mention the names of some imposts in A.D. 1561: kānike (offerings or gifts), kappa (tribute), jodi (a favourable quit-rent), bēdige (begging), talavārike (village watchman's dues), alivu (waste or ruin), anyāya (injustice), samaya (season or proper time), saṅkhya (enumeration), bildāna (transit dues or else fallow land), suṅka (customs), saudige (firewood), birāḍa (apportioning, that is, of any extra fine or assessment upon a village, amongst the individuals), hiṭṭu, (flour, or pudding, that is, for feeding government peons when passing through a village on duty), huṇmi (full moon), and bijavari (the amount of seed required for a portion of land).¹