Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.75

c9.75

He should also enter in the books particulars showing how different Departments, in respect of different works undertaken by them (*karmāntaḥ* ‘such as Mines, Rice-fields, Commercial products, Currency and the like’), invest their resources (*dravyāprayoge*) with reference to (1) profit (*vṛiddhi*), (2) employment of paid labour (*kshayaḥ yugyapurushaviniyoga*), (3) cost in grain and cash (*vyayaḥ dhānyahiraṇya-viniyoga*), (4) quantity produced or the demand for it (*prayāmaḥ*), (5) amount of *vyājī* (premia in cash or kind) realised, (6) adulteration (*yogo dravyāpadravymiśraṇam*), (7) locality of production, (8) wages, (9) retained labour (*vishṭi*, denoting labourers not working on hire but retained on terms of domestic service).