History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c38.50

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In Mughal times the revenue of Orissa was mostly paid in kind in the form of rice or in cowrie shells. Payment of cowries continued up to the time of the British conquest of the country. The Khān-i-Daurān writes to Muḥammad Jān, a former Diwān of the province, whom he had appointed the steward of his Jāgir, “if you fear that before my arrival near Katak the Zamindars will carry of the crops, then write to the amins to collect the dues and attach the standing crops. Appoint men to guard the grain.” (Muraqāt, pp. 163-64). Again he wrote to Mān Singh, the Faujdār of Remunā, “send select men to hasten the gathering in and guarding of the crops and the collection of the Government dues...Send them quickly that the revenue of the autumn harvest may not be removed. (Ibid., p. 182).”