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Political Concepts in Ancient India
 
is that the birth place of the Buddha is not
only rendered free from the 'additional imposi-
tion' but also given more relief by reducing the
land tax from 16% to 12%.
 
(11) In the face of these divergent interpretations
it will possibly be safer to presume that the
terms Kara, Bhaga and Bali were often used
indiscriminately. That the connotation of these
names of various taxes varied from place to
place is indicated by Medhatithi also.³
BAHYAKOPA-Antagonism towards the King on
the part of any one of the Rāsţramukhyas (pro-
minent personalities of the state or the country-
side), the Antapālas, the Āţavikas (forest rulers)
and the Dandopanatas (the vanquished rulers)
(AS' IX. 3).³
 
BRAHMADEYA-(1) A free gift of land to a
brāhmaṇa. Such a land is to be free from all
types of taxes and should be enjoyable to the
successive generations of the donee. (AS' III.1).
(2) A woman married according to the Brahma
form of marriage. (Manu Sam. III. 185).5
BRAHMADEYIKĀ-An enjoyer or owner of a
Brahmadeya (i.e. a tax-free land donated to a
brahmana). (AS' III. 10).
 
2. baliprabhartini rājagrāhyakara-nāmāni deśabheda sūpamāṇa-
vakavatprasiddhāni. (Under Manu Sam. VIII. 307).
 
3. rāṣṭramukhyāntapālāṭavikadaṇḍopanatānā manyatamakopo
bahyakopaḥ
 
4. brahmadeyanyadaṇḍ akarāṇyabhirupadāyakāni (AS' III. 1)
5. Cf. S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smrti Literature, p. 83.
 
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