Raghuvaṃśaरघुवंश
A court epic on the kings of Raghu's line. 1 passage in the chapters come from it.
- What it is
- A mahākāvya in 19 cantos
- Composed
- 4th–5th century CE
- By
- Kālidāsa
- References on this site
- Canto.verse: 1.18 is canto 1, verse 18.
Kālidāsa, the most celebrated poet of classical Sanskrit, tells the story of the kings of Raghu's line, Rāma's ancestors and descendants. It is quoted here on taxation: King Dilīpa took tax from his people only for their good, as the sun draws up water to return it a thousandfold as rain (1.18).
Names with marks such as ā, ṣ or ṛ are explained in how to read the names and terms.
The passage the chapters quote
- DocumentedUnit 1 · National Income and Inflation
Fiscal policy and taxing lightly, like the bee
Read it in its chapter
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