Glossary entry

Hindi term or phrase:

samaharta

English translation:

Collector General (समाहर्ता)

Added to glossary by Lalit Sati
Jan 31, 2009 12:15
15 yrs ago
Hindi term

samaharta

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Greetings,

I believe this is the historical title of a tax assessor and collector under the Mauryan empire.

Please, what would be the best way to translate it? Also, how exactly is it written in Devanagari?

Best wishes,

Simon
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Collector-general

समाहर्ता Collector-general (Samaharta)
REF.:http://www.archive.org/stream/publicadministra00banerich/pub...

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Samaharta or Collector General
(http://books.google.com/books?id=66SOneMMmMIC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA...

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यह शब्द "समाहर्ता" मौर्य वंश की उन्नत शासन प्रणाली का द्योतक है। जहाँ एक ओर केंद्रीय स्तर पर एक मुख्य समाहर्ता होता था वहीं ग्रामों में भी समाहर्ता होते थे। प्रत्येक ग्राम में एक लेखपाल और एक कर-समाहर्ता होता था। कर-समाहर्ता राजस्व की उगाही करता था।
मुख्य समाहर्ता की ज़िम्मेदारियों को देखते हुए उसे Collector General कहा जा सकता है।

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IAS (Indian Administrative Services) PRE., 2006, HISTORY का यह एक प्रश्न स्पष्ट करता है कि विद्वानों की राय में सन्निधाता एवं समाहर्ता के लिए क्रमश: Treasurer एवं Collector General अधिक उपयुक्त शब्द हैं।

प्रश्न देखें :
33. Match List I (Officers of the Mauryan Administration0 with List II (Duties As) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I(Officers of the Mauryan Administration) List II(Duties As)

A. Samaharta 1. Treasurer
B. Sannidhata 2. Collector General
C. Karmantika 3. Chief Judge
D. Vyavaharika 4. Chief of Mines

Code
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 1 4 3
Ans: d
(http://forum.onestopias.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=56)
यह प्रश्न इंटरनेट पर कई साइटों पर उपलब्ध है।
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Collector -समाहर्ता

समाहर्ता is not only title for collector in Mauryan empire, still now it is the title for collector in India.
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