The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c11.t19.14

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c11.t19.14

A rent or license tax was realized from the fishers. Taxes on the collection of rents also are mentioned. Tax-"farming" may thus have been a fact in certain directions. Furthermore, the "penal power" of the state was effectively made use of to cooperate with its finance department. We do not have a long list of fines demanded of the delinquents by the Tamil Empire. It is known only that apothecaries were fined for "rotten drugs". An income of minor character is obvious in Kulot-tûnga's legislation (1070—1118) by which the state charged a seigniorage upon coining.⁵

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