Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.61

c9.61

*Samāhartā.* The *Samāhartā* is so called because he gathers in the Revenue of the State from different sources and realises it fully without allowing arrears of collection (*Sarvāyasthānebhyaḥ Rājārthānāṁ samyak samantāt vā āhartā*). His duty is further defined to be *Samudaya-Prasthāpanam* [I. 1], to establish ways and means of obtaining and increasing Revenue (*Samudayo dhanotthānam tasyopāyaḥ =*