[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c19.132 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.132 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.132 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.132) The imposition of the Surdeshmookhee of course reduced in a proportionate degree the actual collections from a country, the resources of which were already drained to the utmost; but the nominal revenue continued the same. To have collected even one-fourth of the standard assessment would probably at this period have been impossible; but the Mahrattas, in all situations, endeavoured to secure, in lieu of their Chouth, at least twenty-five per cent. of the real balance. But although they seldom could collect it, they always stated the Chouth as due upon the Tunkha, or standard assessment, because, even should a day of retribution arrive, no claim of Peshkush could be made by the Moghuls on that head, as none was specified on the deed. - [Previous: v1.c19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.131) - [Next: v1.c19.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.133) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.132) · Pramāṇa