The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.73

v4.c23.s4.73

The people liked Singu because he was peaceful. Except commanders who wanted titles and village ruffians who wanted loot, everyone was made miserable by these everlasting wars, which indeed led to migrations. Thus, the Yaw folk fled from their original home to the remote Mu valley in Katha district in order to get out of the king's reach and escape conscription. If a town was depopulated by rebellion or by the slaughter of its levy on foreign service, a few hundred households would be transferred to it from another charge, sometimes a week's journey away, whether they wanted to go or not.