Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.39

c9.39

It may be noted that the village Lumbini (*Luṁmini-gāme*) was rendered *ubalike* and *aṭhabhāgiye* (*udbalika* and *ashṭa-bhāgika*) by Asoka out of regard for it as the native place of the Buddha (*hida Bhagavaṁ jāte ti*), as recorded in his Rummindei Pillar Inscription. Thus the State in Asoka's time imposed a *Bali* or Tax on all land in addition to its usual share of agricultural produce called *Bhāga* which was reduced by half, from 1/4 to 1/8, for this village. In Kauṭilya's language [II. 35], Lumbini thus became a *parihāraka* village.