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Arthashastra

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शुल्कं दण्डः पौतवं नागरिको लक्षण अध्यक्षो मुद्रा अध्यक्षः सुरा सूना सूत्रं तैलं घृतं क्षारः सौवर्णिकः पण्य संस्था वेश्या द्यूतं वास्तुकं कारु शिल्पि गणो देवता अध्यक्षो द्वार बहिरिका आदेयं च दुर्गम् ॥

Tolls, fines, weights and measures, the town-clerk (nágaraka), the superintendent of coinage (lakshanádhyakshah), the superintendent of seals and pass-ports, liquor, slaughter of animals, threads, oils ghee, sugar (kshára), the state-goldsmith (sauvarnika), the warehouse of merchandise, the prostitute, gambling, building sites (vástuka), the corporation of artisans and handicrafts-men (kárusilpiganah), the superintendent of gods, and taxes collected at the gates and from the people (known as) Báhirikas come under the head of forts.

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