Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.113
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.113
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§ 275. Thus the Paura-Jānapada were approached and begged by the king to grant extra-ordinary taxes; and the Paura-Jānapada demanded and obtained anugrahas or economic privileges from the king. It is not certain but it is very likely that in raising his large armies the king utilised the machinery of the Paura-Jānapada. Two references in the Artha-Śāstra, noticed above, where taxes are coupled with the daṇḍa (army) or raising of army, suggest this possibility.