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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s5.3

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s5.3

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⁸ Ava. Nir., 1071 f. (Harī.) ; also Com. by Malayagiri, p 596. The Brāhmanic literature mentions the taxes from the office of State goldsmith, the institution of prostitutes, building sites, guilds of artisans, handicrafts, religious and charitable endowments, water tax, income tax, flowers, fruits and vegetable gardens, game forests, timber and elephant forests, heads of cattle, asses, camels, horses, hides and skins, etc., Dikshitar, op. cit., p 176.