A History of the Mahrattas v2.c35.45
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c35.45
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v2.c35.45
It was evident that ‘a country of three complete lacks of rupees,’ as expressed in the treaty, meant territory producing annually a revenue amounting to three lacks of rupees complete; but the Persian word Kumal, or Kamil,¹ which was employed to express complete, is also a revenue term which, though variously explained, may be said to signify the highest assessment ever known to have been fixed; and to this interpretation the ministry adhered, although the Bombay government offered to accept the cession at an average of a certain number of years.