Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.223

c9.223

Tolls were levied on both imports (*praveśya*) and exports (*nishkrāmya*), when goods were entered for sale, and sent out on sale. Imports paid ⅕ of their value in toll. Perishable goods (such as flowers, fruits, vegetables, fish, flesh etc.) paid ⅙. Other goods such as clothes of cotton (*kārpāsa*), silk (*krimitāna*, *chīnapaṭṭa*), jute (*kshauma*, *sthūla-valkajam*), linen (*dukūla*, *sūkshma-valkaja*), wool, metals, dyes, ivory skin, etc., paid from ⅒-⅕ and ¹⁄₂₀-¹⁄₂₅.