GK QUESTION#2194
According to NCERT’s account of the Mahajanapadas, crop tax called bhaga was usually what fraction of the produce?
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C. 1/6th
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One-sixth. NCERT describes bhaga as a share of crop production, usually one-sixth of the harvest. The qualification “usually” matters: this is not a claim that every ruler imposed the same rate in every period.