[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c9.s3.35 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s3.35 Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s3.35 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.35) The annual saving for a \*sāmanta\* state worth \*karṣas\* 1,00,000 is 18,000 or 9/50 or 18 per cent which is nearly 1/5th of the income,¹ as is seen from the above balance sheet drawn by the \*Sumantra\* or finance minister.² In Śukra’s opinion the reserve fund should be such as to keep the army and the people for a period of twenty years without imposing any dues or fees.³ Elsewhere he says that it is alone good treasury where there is wealth enough for thirty years (त्रिंशदब्दप्रपूरं) and grains for three years. Whatever is consumed is to be replaced.⁴ - [Previous: c9.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.34) - [Next: c9.s3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.36) - [Up: c9.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c9.s3.35) · Pramāṇa