[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 212.5 # Storia do Mogor 212.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 212.5 - **Language:** English ### [212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.212.5) In addition to this revenue obtained from grain, et cetera, there are other considerable receipts. One is the tribute paid by the Hindus, as I have stated in my Second Part (II. 182). This has no fixed total, being sometimes more and sometimes less. This variation is caused by deaths, and by travellers moving from one place to another. If carrying with them a receipt for what they have paid, the latter are allowed to pass free. But if they chance to lose this paper, or it be stolen, they are made to pay again either in the same or in another province. The officials embezzle their collections most terribly, to such an extent that the king gets more often than not less than half. There is a second customs duty upon goods brought by Hindu merchants ; it is five per cent. ; and though Aurangzeb - [Previous: 212.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.212.4) - [Next: 213.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213.1) - [Up: 212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.212) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.212.5) · Pramāṇa