The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 45.2.6

45.2.6

This letter came to Muhammad Kasim’s hands, when he was encamped in the suburbs, he having marched out of the town. He called all the chiefs and headmen and Brahmins and told them that they were thenceforth permitted to build the temples of their gods, to freely carry on commerce with the Mussalmans, and live happy and safe. (He also told them) to work for their own welfare, to give charity, to show kindness to the Brahmins and Fakirs, to follow their customs, to celebrate their holidays (I'ds) like their fathers and grandfathers, to continue their offerings to their Brahmins, as in ancient times, and to give three out of every hundred dirams of revenue to them and to pay the rest into the treasury to be accounted for by the officers and the deputy. He also fixed the salaries of the officers and the pensions of the nobles. These arrangements were made through Tamim son of Zaid Kaisi, and Hakam son of Awan Kalbi, at the express desire of the people. It was also settled that the Brahmins were at liberty to go about begging at the doors of houses, with a copper bowl, and collecting corn in it, and to utilize such corn in any way they liked. This practice has since been very common among the infidels.