Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c7.t2.42

c7.t2.42

An inscription at Śrīmuṣṇam in the South Arcot district dated 1504-05 records the fixing of a fresh rate of assessment for the taxes which had become exorbitant in the time when the country was in the hands of the Kannaḍiyas. According to the revision it was ordered that the lands might be measured year after year with the standard rod of 34 feet, and that 15 paṇams (including all items of taxation) be levied on one mā of dry land and 20 paṇams on one mā of wet land and that towards araśupēru 1/8 paṇam be levied on each tenant.67