State and Government in Ancient India c20.48

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c20.48

Smṛitis further recommended that learned Brāhmaṇas (*śrotriyas*) should be also exempted from taxation.³ An ideal *śrotriya* was vowed to poverty and was required to impart higher Vedic and Sanskritic education free to all students.

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