The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.42

c22.42

Problems connected with land revenue and the incidence of taxation have been discussed already in chapter XI; some other agrarian topics will be considered here. The prevailing tenure of the Deccan of our period was Rayatwari, but a zemindar class, the members of which were assigned royal revenues, did exist to a limited extent. The mention of *grāmapati* along with *grāmakūṭa* in some of our records shows that the former was a village holder. Some of the officials were assigned revenues of villages and towns, as shown already, and these probably are referred to as *grāmapatis*. There is no evidence, however, to show that whole districts or Talukas were being assigned to revenue farmers.