Public Administration in Ancient India c22.29

c22.29

¹ Vishnu, III. 79-82. Endowment of lands or taxes granted by one King was, as a rule, maintained by his successors. In an inscription of a recent date (1204 A.D.) occurs the following passage: “The slayer of a cow or of a Brāhmaṇa may perchance find atonement in the Ganges and other holy places; but in the case of the appropriation of the possessions and goods of Brāhmaṇas, there can be no (atonement) for man.” Inscriptions from Belgaum B. (ed. by L. D. Barnett).