Shri Shiv Chatrapati Caritr 1.6.2

1.6.2

To them should be assigned a salary of four hundred Hons per man. The Majumdar, appointed to the Subha should be given a salary of one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five Hons. The Subhedar should be made to maintain a palanquin (on an allowance) of four hundred Hons. The Majumdar should be given a sunshade. An allowance (for maintaining Abdagiri) should be granted from the Sarkar. Under the Badshahi, (the honour of using) umbrellas used to be granted to wazirs, omraos and distinguished nobles ; that system was recently abolished, (as it seemed to be) an anomaly that umbrellas (should be held) over the Badshah, as well as over his servants. Therefore the Badshahi system of (granting the use of) umbrella was abolished and the use of) the sunshade (Abdagiri) introduced. All officers with a salary of full one hundred in the army or in the militia, that might be out on a mulukhgiri expedition, should keep the sunshade. Within the dominions, a Subha was placed 'in charge of) each tract (yielding) one lakh of Rupees. [32] To the unsettled provinces on the frontier, a force of infantry, cavalry, and militia, as strong as each place might require should be sent with the Karkun in charge of the mulukhgiri. Similarly lands in the provinces were surveyed, (including forest lands) and their area as calculated in chavars. The length of the (measuring) rod was five cubits and five muthis. A cubit should be equal to fourteen tansus.