Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s9.40

v1.c10.s9.40

As regards the rate of tax on shops and towns, we have in A.D. 1379 for an old town one ga a year; for a small town five ma; for a shop at the festival of the god's tīrtha one ma.⁶ The dues on shops were called māligesuṅka.⁷ The rate on all animals in the kingdom above the Ghats in A.D. 1606, in the times of Veṅkaṭapa Nāyaka, was one visa for each animal.⁸