Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c10.54

c10.54

To this basic revenue demand of a share of the produce (known as Asal jumma in Mogul times) were added then, as now, various additional demands (*abwabs*, as now called). The State in need (*kośamakośaḥ pratyutpannārthakṛichchhaḥ*) may claim 1|3 or 1|4 of bumper harvests reaped on well-watered lands (*deva-mātṛikān*). It may also claim 1|4 of grain (*dhānyānām*) and 1|6 of the following: (1) *Vanya* (forest produce), (2) *Tūla* (silk-cotton), (3) *Lākshā* (lac), (4) *Kshauma* (jute), (5) *Valka* (bark), (6) *Kārpāsa* (cotton), (7) *Rauma* (wool), (8) *Kauśeya* (silk), (9) *Aushadha* (drugs), (10) *Gandhapushpa* (flowers), (11) *Phala* (fruits), (12) *Śāka* (vegetables), (13) *Kāshṭha* (fire-wood), (14) *Veṇu* (bamboo); (15) *Māṁsavallūra* (dried meats) and also 1/2 of (1) *Danta* (ivory) and (2) *Ajina* (skins of animals like kine).