Riyaz al-salatin 26.2

26.2

According to Grant the value of jagir lands was fixed at Rs. 4,348,892, so that in 1582 A.C. and from before it, Rs. 10,685,944 was the total revenue of Bengal. — (See J.A.S., 1873, p. 219.) This was levied from ryats in specie, as the equivalent of the sixth share of the entire produce of the land, claimed by the sovereign as his share. — (See Ain-i-Akbari, pp. 55 and 63, Vol. 2.) This rent-roll remained in force during the reign of Jahangir. Under Shah Jahan, the boundaries of Bengal were extended on the south-west, Mednipur and Hijli having been annexed to Bengal, and in the east and north-east by conquests in Tipperah and Koch Hajo; and when Prince Shuja was made Governor of Bengal he made about 1658 A.C., a new rent-roll which shewed 34 Sarkars and 1,350 mahals, and a total revenue, in khalsa and jagir lands, of Rs. 1,31,15,907. — (See J.A.S., 1873, p. 219). Shuja's rent-roll remained in force till 1722 A.C., an addition having been made, after the re-conquest of Chittagong, and conquest of Assam and Koch Behar in Aurangzeb's time. In of the country of Bengal was Rajah Bhagirat, of the Khatri tribe. For a long period he held the sovereignty of Bengal. At length he went to Delhi and was killed with Darjudhan in the wars of the Mahabharat. His period of rule was 250 years. After this, 23 persons amongst his descendants, one after another, ruled for a period of nearly 2,200 years.