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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
MAT, 1906.
Note. When counting over all the words contained in the above Vocabulary, I found that, of the about 420 words, forts and names, only 180 are of Tibetan origin.
. On the map certain districts are marked lost districts of the Da dialect.' It mast be anderstood, that these districts were lost comparatively recently. I have discovered traces of the Da dialect at Khalatse. In ancient times the territory of this dialect seems to have extended far beyond Khalatse towards the East,
CHANAKYA'S LAND AND REVENUE POLICY.
(4th Century B.C.) BY 2. BHAMASASTRY, B.A.
(Concluded from p. 69.) (AA) Country Revenue,
Note. Snich wore the several sources of revenue by which ancient kings of India collected for them an enormous income within the several forts of their petty States. Let us now turn our attention to the several sources of revente in country parts (rashtra) of their kingdom.
(AB) Produce from Orown-lands.
stote.
It is an historical fact that the ancient kings owned vast traota of land and had them oultivated by Government Agenoy. The produce from Orown-lands was called sta, and it was of great importance in those days.
It was the daty of the Superintendent of Agriculture to see to the cultivation of Crownlands, to collect various soods and manure in time, and to attend to the sowing and harvesting work in Orown-lands. Apart from bollecting the produce from Crown-lands, the Superintendent of Agriculture had also to receive the proportional quantities of grains due to the king from privato collectors.
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Out of the grain grown by irrigation carried on by hands (hasta pravartima), the collector shall receive one-fifth of the total quantity so growo. Out of that which is grown by irrigation conducted by carrying water on shoulders (skandha pravartima), he shall receive one-foarth of the total. Out of that which is grown by irrigation conducted by pumping water from rivers (oroto-yomtra prkvartima) he shall receive one-third of the total. Out of that which is grown by irrigation through water raised from tanks, lakes, and streamlets (nadisarastáka kúpodg hata), he shall receive one-fourth of the total quantity so grown. Apart from paying the above water-rate (udakabhága), private cultivators (vartrypaftrins) shall pay as tax.from one-fourth to one-fifth of the grain they grow, or more than fized tox, if they do not get into trouble thereby.
