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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3580

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3580

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### [c6.3580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3580)

\*mārgaṇaka\* (EI 3; IA 18; CII 4; HRS), known from records like those of the Caulukyas; a levy; a kind of cess or tax; explained as ‘benevolences of a general character, as distinguished from the special types called \*prasthaka\* and \*skandhaka\*’. See \*mārgaṇika\*.

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