[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.c22.24 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.24 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.24 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.24) The practice of farming the revenue of a village, or larger area, is of old standing in India; the farmer engaged to pay a lump sum, hoping to collect more from the peasants, and so make a profit for himself. Almost up to the end of the Muslim period the duration of such farms was very short, one year being an ordinary term; but in the eighteenth century the duration tended to become indefinite, and in practice the position might even become hereditary. - [Previous: v4.c22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.23) - [Next: v4.c22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.25) - [Up: v4.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.24) · Pramāṇa