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¹ J., IV, pp. 169, 399 ; V, p. 98; for Vedic meaning see Vedic Index, II, p. 62; Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, pp.166, 167. Kauṭilya also seems to mean by bali a different kind of tax, perhaps a religious one as some scholars hold: See Thomas, J.R.A.S., 1909, pp. 466-7; The Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Aśoka also names ‘bali’ and bhāga separately; Mookerji, op. cit., p. 244; See also Dikshitar, Mauryan Polity, p. 144.