Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s1.98

c9.s1.98

and trading licenses. Also a share of the cloth woven of cotton thread and of corn ears, are mentioned as dues to the state. There is a long list of subsidiary taxes (kaḍamai) given in the Chola inscriptions attributed to Tribhuvan Chakravartin Kōnerimaikon; Fees (kāśukaḍamai); oḍukku paḍi: uṟaināḷi: pāḍi kāval (village watch); share of the karaṇam (measurer); dues on looms (taryirai); oil-presses (śekkiṇai), on profits (śeṭṭirai): taṭṭoli on goldsmith (taṭṭarpaṭṭam): animals (māvaḍai), tanks (kuḷavaḍai), water-courses (oḷukkunīrpaṭṭam), fees (vāri-āyam), caste dues (inavari): weights (iḍaivari), fine for bad articles (aḷugaḷśarakku): shops and stalls (aṅgāḍipaṭṭam), salt-tax (uppāyam): dues from potters (kuśakāṇam), marriage (kaṇṇāiakkāṇam), washing places (vaṇṇārapārai), ferry-keepers, cattle-sheds, ānaikkūḍam, kudiraip-pandi, or temporary stables to the state elaphants and horses when the king was on tour. There are others that could not be identified.¹