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the revenue administration of the Mauryas

Hrisheekesh Singh 28th Apr, 2020

Hi Deepak,

The administration of revenue involved collection of taxes from various sources-mines, forests (vana) plantations (setu), pastures (vraja), etc. According to the Arthashastra, the cities collected 21 kinds of taxes.

Tolls, lines, fees, assaying department for measures and weights, police, passports, currency, manufacturers of yarn, oil, ghee and sugar,

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how is that lower town different from the citadel

Sonali Sahu Student Expert 2nd Feb, 2020

Hello,

Citadel is kind of modern city which has high raised buildings which is same like captial of a state and deals with most economic value and lower town has residential buildings and home business like shops are done at that place.  The ground level of citadel is higher than

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