Question

What were the taxes collected by the rulers of the mahajanapadas?

Answer 1

The taxes collected by the Mahajanapadas were -

1/6 of the total agricultural produce as tax on crops.

Craftsmen had to pay taxes in the form of labour.

Taxes on the sale and purchase of goods and services for trade.

Taxes on herders in the form of animals or animal produce and taxes on hunters and gatherers in the nature of their collection from forests.

Answer 2

The Mahajanapadas were 16  kingdoms which had existed in "Northern ancient India" from the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E in the 2nd urbanisation period.

Explanation:

• The Mahajanapadas rulers needed enormous resources to construct forts and maintain massive armed forces. The janapadas' rajas relied on the people's occasional gifts. The raja of the mahajanapadas levied "regular taxes" on the people rather than relying on these seasonal gifts. Tho collect these taxes "special officers" were appointed.
• In Mahajanapadas, taxes were raised from the ordinary people for the building of the "town infrastructure" & the "maintenance of large armies" for the defense of the city. "Crop  taxes" were the King's officials' most essential revenue stream. Cultivation tax was set at 1/6 of the output or the "share ( bhaga)".
• Taxes on crops were levied, which was most essential since the majority were farmers. The tax was set at "1/6 of the production". This was called bhaga or an asset. Taxes were also paid by "craftsmen" who did their jobs. Every month, for instance, for the king a weaver/smith will work. Herder taxes were met by the supplying of animal goods & animals. Taxes on goods brought in and sold by trade were levied. Gatherers &  Hunters  paid even their taxes by supplying the raja with forest goods.

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