Describe the revenue system during the Mauryan Empire
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Revenue system of Mauryan Empire was devised by the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya, Kautilya. The principal items of revenue in town and country have been listed by Kautilya while describing the duties of the Samaharta (collector-general). The main heads of revenue were:
* a share of land output;
* Other dues and cesses levied on land including a water-rate. The water rate varied according to the nature of the land and crop and tax on houses in towns.
* income from crown lands, from forests, from mines and manufactures, some of them monopolies like salt, undertaken by government
* customs at the frontiers and tariffs, tolls and ferry dues in the interior levied on merchandise in transport
* profits of coinage and gains from trade operations carried on by the government
* fees for licenses of various kinds to be taken out by artisans, craftsmen, professionals and traders
* fines levied in law courts and
* Miscellaneous receipts like presents like transferred possession.
* a share of land output;
* Other dues and cesses levied on land including a water-rate. The water rate varied according to the nature of the land and crop and tax on houses in towns.
* income from crown lands, from forests, from mines and manufactures, some of them monopolies like salt, undertaken by government
* customs at the frontiers and tariffs, tolls and ferry dues in the interior levied on merchandise in transport
* profits of coinage and gains from trade operations carried on by the government
* fees for licenses of various kinds to be taken out by artisans, craftsmen, professionals and traders
* fines levied in law courts and
* Miscellaneous receipts like presents like transferred possession.
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Revenue system of Mauryan Empire was devised by the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya, Kautilya. The principal items of revenue in town and country have been listed by Kautilya while describing the duties of the Samaharta (collector-general). The main heads of revenue were:
* a share of land output;
* Other dues and cesses levied on land including a water-rate. The water rate varied according to the nature of the land and crop and tax on houses in towns.
* income from crown lands, from forests, from mines and manufactures, some of them monopolies like salt, undertaken by government
* customs at the frontiers and tariffs, tolls and ferry dues in the interior levied on merchandise in transport
* profits of coinage and gains from trade operations carried on by the government
* fees for licenses of various kinds to be taken out by artisans, craftsmen, professionals and traders
* fines levied in law courts and
* Miscellaneous receipts like presents like transferred possession.
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