[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.c22.37 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.37 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c22.37 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.37) For this purpose the \*parganas\* were grouped into what would now be called assessment circles on the basis of agricultural homogeneity, and for each circle a schedule of rates was framed showing the amount of money to be demanded on the unit area of each crop, known as \*bīgha\*; the size of this unit varied within wide limits, but the \*bīgha\* to which the schedules refer was probably a little less than five-eighths of an acre. The range of the rates was extensive; one schedule, which may be taken as a fair sample, shows that small millets were charged 11 \*dām\*, large millets from 25 to 30, barley 40, wheat 60, sugarcane and indigo 120, and betel 220 \*dām\*, the \*dām\* being approximately one-fortieth of a rupee. Such figures make it easy to understand why the Revenue Ministry consistently pressed for improvement in the class of crops; a change from cereals to sugarcane for instance would immediately double or treble the revenue due from the area affected. - [Previous: v4.c22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.36) - [Next: v4.c22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.38) - [Up: v4.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c22.37) · Pramāṇa