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# Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.35

Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.35

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### [c36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.35)

(9) Bhāgadugha (the collector of revenue). In later times he is called Samāhartṛi (e.g. in the Artha-Sāstra). The expression literally means 'milcher of the share' (of the king one-sixth, etc.). This shows that the amount of taxation had already become fixed.

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