A History of Assam c15.32

c15.32

In the inundated parts of the country the land was cultivated chiefly by emigrating raiyats or, as they are now called, pām cultivators, who paid a plough tax. The hill tribes, who grew cotton, paid a hoe tax. Artisans and others who did not cultivate land paid a higher rate of poll tax, amounting to five rupees per head for gold-washers and brass-workers, and three rupees in the case of oil-pressers and fishermen.