Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c7.s1.15
Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c7.s1.15
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Moreover, tolls were levied upon the capture of those birds, beasts or fishes that preyed upon life and were thus the legitimate objects of capture. Of the live captured animals, the gamekeeper took a sixth, to be afterwards set at large in special forests under the State, and a tenth or more was appropriated by Government.¹