History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.686.4
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.686.4
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124–157) occurs the story of a person who had deposited one *lakh* of *dīnāras* with a merchant and had withdrawn some money from time to time. It further states that, when the balance was demanded, the merchant furnished a statement of accounts giving a list of fictitious items of withdrawals for many years with interest and showing that very little of the deposit was left. The king brought home the fraud to the merchant and ordered that the original deposit being used by the merchant should bear interest.