History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s1.20

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The duties of this particular committee was to maintain and check the sluice gates from wanton damage and other natural causes. This committee existed only in a few village assembly segments. The village assemblies on their part collected various types of land taxes, dues and cesses. Apart from this, as many as thirty-two tax items connected with the water-rates found in the records of the Colas were ostensibly collected from the tenants and land owners as service charges for the maintenance of irrigation works.