The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.19

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Under each of these methods the demand on the peasant might be made either in cash or in produce at the option of the state, the amount of produce due being valued at current prices when payment was required in cash. Collection in kind was doubtless the earlier practice, but throughout the Muslim period cash payment was the general rule, though produce continued to be paid in some backward areas, and in two recorded instances cash payments were suspended to meet financial emergencies.