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This article attempts to explain the tax system as enumerated in the Dharmasutras, Kautiliya Arthashastra, Manusmriti and Shukraniti in relevance to the current times.

This article attempts to explain the tax system as enumerated in the Dharmasutras, Kautiliya Arthashastra, Manusmriti and Shukraniti in relevance to the current times.

== Definition of Tax ==

== Introduction ==

Tax was also known as shulka (duty?), that is the king's share received from the buyer and the seller. The sources of tax were market streets, boundary areas of market, etc. (Shukraniti 4.2.105 ?)<ref>Rohan Kulkarni (2010), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/42931268 Tax System According to ’KAUṬILĪYA ARTHAŚA͞STRA, MANUSMṚTI AND ŚUKRANĪTI, and its relevance], Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, Vol.70/71, P.439–443.</ref>

Tax was also known as shulka (duty?), that is the king's share received from the buyer and the seller. The sources of tax were market streets, boundary areas of market, etc. (Shukraniti 4.2.105 ?)<ref>Rohan Kulkarni (2010), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/42931268 Tax System According to ’KAUṬILĪYA ARTHAŚA͞STRA, MANUSMṚTI AND ŚUKRANĪTI, and its relevance], Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, Vol.70/71, P.439–443.</ref>

== References ==

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