[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of Assam](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906) › c15.32 # A History of Assam c15.32 A History of Assam c15.32 - **Language:** English ### [c15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.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. - [Previous: c15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c15.31) - [Next: c15.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c15.33) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c15.32) · Pramāṇa