Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c6.3

c6.3

¹ If a private person discovered a mine, he got one-sixth of it as his share; if he happened to be a Government servant, one-twelfth: खनिरत्ननिधिनिवेदनेषु षष्ठमंशनिवेशं लभेत । द्वाद-शमंशं भृतकः । मतसप्तधाऽऽर्ध राजगामी निधिः । उभयषष्ठमंशं दद्यात्—Bk. IV, कावरकचषम्, p. 202.