Choose the right answer / answers : (i) Thirukkural says : Unclaimed wealth, wealth acquired by taxes and wealth got by conquest of foes are the wealth of king. (ii) The unclaimed wealth means the wealth by conquest of foes. (iii) The wealth acquired by taxes is called as ulgu porul.
(i) and (iii) only correct
The statements refer to Kural 756 in the chapter Porul Seyal Vagai: Urupporulum ulgu porulundhan onnaarth theruporulum vendhan porul (unclaimed wealth, toll wealth and wealth taken from foes are the king's wealth).
Statement (i) is correct: the couplet names three sources of royal revenue, unclaimed wealth (urupporul), wealth from taxes and tolls (ulgu porul) and wealth taken from defeated enemies (onnar theruporul).
Statement (ii) is incorrect: urupporul is wealth that comes to the king because it has no owner or heir; the wealth won by conquering foes is a separate category, onnar theruporul.
Statement (iii) is correct: ulgu means toll or customs duty, so ulgu porul is the wealth collected through taxes. Hence (i) and (iii) only are correct.
(i) and (iii) only correct option is correct.
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