Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c7.17

c7.17

There was levied a tax known as vāśal paṇam12 on houses and house sites (maṇai).13 In the imposition of the tax on houses the following points were considered, whether the house was a roofed one,¹⁴ or aḍaipputtāḷvu (with small door ways ?),¹⁵ or was a storied one or was one with inside verandah.16