Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.63

c9.63

*Sannidhātā*. The officer complementary to *Samāhartā* was the *Sannidhātā* who took charge of the Revenue as it was gathered in and received into the State Treasury. While the *Samāhartā* was an executive and spending authority, the *Sannidhātā* was in charge of saving and accumulating revenue. He had to store up the revenue by constructing buildings and chambers appropriate to the kind of things in which revenue was received (*Nichaya-karma dravyasaṁgraha-rakshaṇa-karma*). For that reason he had to construct (1) a *Kośagṛiha*, the State Jewellery House, for storing up 'precious stones, gold and the like' in which revenue was paid; (2) *Paṇyagṛiha* where was housed the merchandise for sale (*Vikraya-dravya*), (3) *Koshṭhāgāra*, the State Granary for storing 'articles of food, grain, oils and the like', (4) *Kupyagṛiha*, store-house for forest-produce of all kinds by which Revenue was realised in kind; and (5) *Āyudhāgāra*, the royal Armoury.