Taxation in Ancient India: From the Earliest Times up to the Guptas

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Taxation has been the main pillar of the financial structure of states from very ancient times as also in modern times. The present work on taxation in Ancient India is an attempt to detail comprehensively with all the important aspects of taxation in India from the earlier times upto the Gupta period. Besides discussing the period the present monograph aims at presenting a comparative study of the principles and tenets of Ancient Indian tax system vis-?-vis the Modern fiscal developments. Basing his study on original legal and literary writings and epigraphic records. Dr. Prasad has offered a very exhaustive and critical account of the system of taxation in Ancient India. The work is undoubtedly a valuable contribution to the vast field of studies on the economic history of ancient India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kunwar Deo Prasad

Dr. Kunwar Deo Prasad (b. 1946) graduated with Honours in Economics in 1964 from L.S. College Muzaffarpur and was awarded the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in that examination. He passed his M.A. (Economics) from the University of Bihar, Muzafferpur in 1966 and obtained Ph.D. degree in 1977 from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. He joined as Lecturer in Economics in Jag Jivan Collebge, Gaya, a constitutent degree college of Magadh University, where he is currently serving as Reader and Head of the Department. Dr. Prasad has contributed several scholarly articles in leading journals of Economics and Indology. He is also member of several learned institutions and societies of the country.