Income on government property included taxes on stray plots of cultivable land, forests, forest produce, waste lands, lands awaiting cultivation and specific trees such as sandal, Hirda, mango and Madhuka, even when these were found growing on private property. The kingdom did not lay claim to the entire land inside its territory. A record of the feudatory Vaidumba king from southern Deccan says the king had to purchase three veils of land from a local assembly in order to assign it to a temple in a village.
Income from government-owned property encompassed taxes on abandoned plots of arable land, forests, forest products, wastelands, uncultivated lands, and specific trees like sandalwood, hirda, mangoes, and madhuka, even if they were found on private property. The kingdom did not claim ownership over the entire territory within its borders. A record from the feudatory Vaidumba king of southern Deccan states that the king had to purchase three plots of land from a local assembly in order to allocate them to a temple in a village.