State and Government in Ancient India c20.102
State and Government in Ancient India c20.102
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c20.102
It would be convenient to discuss here the question about the ownership of cultivable land. For, if we regard the state as its owner, the amount which the cultivator paid would be land revenue and not land-tax ; if on the other hand, the ownership vested in private persons, the same amount would be a land-tax.