A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.121

v1.c9.121

¹ This account of Mullik Umber’s famous revenue arrangements is principally upon the authority of Mahratta MSS., where it is stated that his assessment was two fifths of the produce of government lands. Tradition says his money commutation was about one third. [Malik Ambar’s settlement was based upon a correct knowledge of the area of land tilled and of the money value of the crop, the State demand being limited to a small share of the latter value. His object was to give the cultivator a definite interest in the land which he tilled. Between 1662 and 1666 his system was discontinued, a crop division being introduced instead. (I.G. Bom., 1909, i. 400, 499.)]