The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.74

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c20.74

Besides the regular taxes of the foregoing epochs, the inscriptions of this period bring into view some peculiar imposts. The Nadlai Stone Inscription of Râyapâla of the year 1132-33 A.D. from Mârwâr, Râjpûtâna, mentions the grant of two palikâs out of those due to the state from each oil machine (ghaṇaka) to some Jaina saints. To this benefaction there were a number of witnesses.¹

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