Question

The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called?

• A. Bali
• B. Vidatha
• C. Varman
• D. Kara

Hint:

Link: Vedic tax = Bali. Later medieval tax = Kara.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

1. Vidatha was an assembly, and Varman was a royal-name suffix.
2. Kara described tax in later periods, not the Vedic age.
3. Bali was the tax collected from the people in the Vedic period.

The Vedic-period tax was called Bali.