Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.38
Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.38
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c9.38
According to Megasthenes [Frag. I], "the Husbandmen pay a land-tribute to the king, besides paying a fourth part (*Bhāga*) of the produce of the soil." The usual sense of *Bali* in Sanskrit is a religious offering or voluntary contribution.
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- Ἰνδικά — Μεγασθένης, Ancient Greek