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Critically evaluate the theory and practice of land revenue system in ancient India.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas

Land revenue was the fiscal spine of every ancient Indian state, yet the gap between what normative texts prescribed and what inscriptions and foreign accounts reveal about actual collection is wide enough that the two must be examined almost as separate histories before any verdict on the system as a whole is possible.

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  • The Arthashastra Model
  • The Dharmashastric Model
  • Practice: What the Inscriptions and Travellers Show
  • Critical Evaluation

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