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वसतिदण्ड (vasatidaNDa)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
vasati-daṇḍa (EI 25), obligation of the villagers to supply
food to the royal officers camping in their village
explained by
some as ‘the tax for the lodging of touring royal officers’ (CII
4)
but probably refers to an obligation and not a tax.