Question

Udakabhaga was a tax on i. Land ii. Travel iii. Trade iv. Water

Answer 1

i. Land

During the Mauryan period, the importance of irrigated land was realized and a new type of tax was levied upon the irrigated land known as the Udaka-bhaga. The peasants had to pay a water rate and were generally levied at one-fifth to one-third of the produce of the land.