A History of Agriculture in India v1.c29.s8: Crop-Sharing System of Cultivation
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c29.s8
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Crop-Sharing System of Cultivation
v1.c29.s8.1
From the Mahavagga we learn that the Buddhist Sanghas sometimes cultivated lands belonging to private persons and used to get half of the produce as their share, or sometimes let out their own lands in lieu of half the produce. ‘Of the paddy seedlings belonging to the Sangha, grown upon private ground, half the produce, O Bhikku, you may have, when you have given a part to the private owner. Of seedlings belonging to private persons grown upon the land of the Sangha, you may have the use, when you have given a part to the owner.’³
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³ Gupta, K.N. The Land System in South India, p. 199
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- Mahāvagga — Pāli