Q. What was the meaning of Visthi in the Gupta Era?
Answer: Forced Labor
Notes: In the Gupta Era, the term Vishti referred to Forced labor. The empire obtained their percentage of the material surplus through the power of arms in the kind of taxes like Shulka, Bali and Kar etc., forced labor like Balutam and Vishti, and other perquisites.

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