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(7) In Manu Samṁ VIII. 308, the term Bali seems

to be used explicitly in the sense of 'one-sixth'

(of the agricultural product).*
 
baliṣaḍbhāgahāriṇam.
(8) In the Junagarh Inscription of Rudradāman

I, also, we have side by side three similar terms

viz. Bali, Śulka, and Bhāga, where according to
A. Sul. Alteka, and r the meanings are extra imposition,
customs and land tax respectively. yathāvatprāptai-rbaliśulkabhāgaih.
(D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 179).
A. S. Altekar, SGAI, p. 337.
Bhaga,' where according to
A. S. Altekar the meanings are extra imposition,
customs and land tax respectively. But D. C.
Sircar takes the terms to mean 'tax (=Kara)',

'tolls and duties' and 'King's grain share' res-

pectively.
 
1 D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 17
 
9, foot note
No. 3.
(9) According to D. C. Sircar the term Bali is

often identical with Kara. But Kautṭilya

gives both the terms Bali and Kara side by side,

in AS' II. 15.
 

(10) In the Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Asśoka,

we have the terms Bali and Bhaāga side by
side. It is stated there that As'o
side. luṁṁini gāme ubalika made the
village of Lumbini 'free from Bali' (udbalie kaḥ)
and reduced the land-tax to only one-eighth
of the produce instead of the usual one-sixth,
(cf. aşta-bhagikaḥ). D. C. Sircar observes that
according to some scholars Bali here means. 'a
cess collected at holy places'. But it appears
to us that, as in AS' here also Bali means 'addi-
tional imposition' since the spirit of the edict
 
6. baliṣaḍṭe aṭhabhāgahāriņam.
 
7. yathāvatprāptai-rbaliśulkabhāgaih.
 
(D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 179).
 
8. A. S. Altekar, SGAI, p. 337.
 
9. D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 179, foot note
No. 3.
 
1. lummini game ubalike kate athabhagiye ca (Skt=lumbinī-lumbini-

grāmaḥ udbalikaḥ kṛtaḥ aṣṭabhāgikaḥ ca)
 
. It is stated there that Aś'oka made the
village of Lumbini 'free from Bali' (udbalikaḥ)
and reduced the land-tax to only one-eighth
of the produce instead of the usual one-sixth,
(cf. āṣṭa-bhāgikaḥ). Digitized b. C. Sircar observes that
according to some scholars Bali here means. 'a
cess collected at holy
 
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to us that, as in AS' here also Bali means 'addi-
tional imposition' since the spirit ofrom
 
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