Arthashastra

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क्षौम दुकूल क्रिमि तान कङ्कट हरि ताल मनः शिला अञ्जन हिङ्गुलुक लोह वर्ण धातूनां चन्दन अगुरु कटुक किण्व अवराणां चर्म दन्त आस्तरण प्रावरण क्रिमि जातानाम् आज एडकस्य च दश भागः पञ्च दश भागो वा ॥

Of fibrous garments (kshauma), cotton cloths (dukúla), silk (krimitána), mail armour (kankata), sulphuret of arsenic (haritála), red arsenic (manassilá), vermilion (hingulaka), metals (lóha), and colouring ingredients (varnadhátu); of sandal, brown sandal (agaru), pungents (katuka), ferments (kinva), dress (ávarana), and the like; of wine, ivory, skins, raw materials used in making fibrous or cotton garments, carpets, curtains (právarana), and products yielded by worms (krimijáta); and of wool and other products yielded by goats and sheep, he shall receive 1/10th or 1/15th as toll.

english translation

kSauma dukUla krimi tAna kaGkaTa hari tAla manaH zilA aJjana hiGguluka loha varNa dhAtUnAM candana aguru kaTuka kiNva avarANAM carma danta AstaraNa prAvaraNa krimi jAtAnAm Aja eDakasya ca daza bhAgaH paJca daza bhAgo vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

वस्त्र चतुष्पद द्विपद सूत्र कार्पास गन्ध भैषज्य काष्ठ वेणु वल्कल चर्म मृद्भ अण्डानां धान्य स्नेह क्षार लवण मद्य पक्वान् नादीनां च विंशति भागः पञ्च विंशति भागो वा ॥

Of cloths (vastra), quadrupeds, bipeds, threads, cotton, scents, medicines, wood, bamboo, fibres (valkala), skins, and clay-pots; of grains, oils, sugar (kshára), salt, liquor (madya) cooked rice and the like, he shall receive 1/20th or 1/25th as toll.

english translation

vastra catuSpada dvipada sUtra kArpAsa gandha bhaiSajya kASTha veNu valkala carma mRdbha aNDAnAM dhAnya sneha kSAra lavaNa madya pakvAn nAdInAM ca viMzati bhAgaH paJca viMzati bhAgo vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

द्वारादेयं शुल्कं पञ्च भागः आनुग्राहिकं वा यथा देश उपकारं स्थापय्तेत्॥

Gate-dues (dvárádeya) shall be 1/5th of toll dues; this tax may be remitted if circumstances necessitate such favour.

english translation

dvArAdeyaM zulkaM paJca bhAgaH AnugrAhikaM vA yathA deza upakAraM sthApaytet॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

जाति भूमिषु च पण्यानां विक्रयः॥

Commodities shall never be sold where they are grown or manufactured.

english translation

jAti bhUmiSu ca paNyAnAM vikrayaH॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

खनिभ्यो धातु पण्यादाने षट् छतम् अत्ययः॥

When minerals and other commodities are purchased from mines, a fine of 600 panás shall be imposed.

english translation

khanibhyo dhAtu paNyAdAne SaT chatam atyayaH॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript