[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c19.208 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.208 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.208 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.208) The imperial army attacked Purandar, and Shivājī surrendered. One of the terms of the treaty then arranged gave him permission to collect \*chauth\*, a fourth, and \*sardeshmukhī\*, a tenth of the revenue in the kingdom of Bījāpur. Aurangzīb probably did not understand the meaning of the claim to these exactions which he sanctioned for the purpose of weakening the government of Bījāpur, nor could he foresee that they would be levied at no very distant date in the imperial dominions, and that his feeble descendants would be constrained to acquiesce. - [Previous: v4.c19.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.207) - [Next: v4.c19.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.209) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.208) · Pramāṇa