HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Delivering Justice
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To Work as a Judge
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To Collect Revenue
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Leadership of Army
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Detailed explanation-1: -Officers named ‘Samahartha’ and ‘Sanidatta’ were in charge of the tax collection during the Mauryan Empire. They were also custodians of the royal treasury. Farmers were expected to pay one fourth of his income as tax to the state.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the function of Samharta in Mauryan Administration? Notes: The important officials in revenue department are Sannidhata: Chief treasury, Samaharta: collector general of revenue.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samaharta was in-charge of land revenue department in the Mauryan administrative system. Mauryan administration was highly centralized. The Emperor was the supreme power and source of all authority. He was assisted by a Council of Ministers.
Detailed explanation-4: -These are Sannidhata (the Chief treasury officer) and Samaharta (the Chief Collector General of Revenue).
Detailed explanation-5: -Revenue was collected on land, irrigation, shops, customs, forests, ferry, mines and pastures. License fees were collected from artisans and fines were charged in the law courts. Most of the land revenue was one-sixth of the produce.