A History of Agriculture in India v2.c81.s5.5

v2.c81.s5.5

well-being and the productions of fields and gardens are not far off. God be praised that in this age-enduring State no tax has ever been levied on the fruit of trees, and is not levied now. In the whole of the dominion not a *dam* on this account enters the public treasury, or is collected by the State. Moreover, there is an order that who ever makes a garden on arable land, its produce is exempted.⁴