Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3863

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c6.3863

*nava-nidhāna*, cf. *nava-nidhāna-sahita* (IA 11), epithet of gift land; see *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. VI, pp. 180 ff. (Inscriptions Nos. 4-11); explained as ‘new taxes imposed for the first time’; probably ‘a fresh assessment of tax’ (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXIV, p. 143).

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Epigraphia Indica
Minor Rock Edict of Aśoka: Bairāṭ version — Prakrit