A History of the Mahrattas v2.c35.46

v2.c35.46

¹ [Jama Kamil, or Kamal, means complete or standard assessment. In Bengal the term usually denotes the settlement made by Akbar's minister, Todar Mall. In Madras it was applied to the assessment of the revenue of the Northern Circars made about A.D. 1512-70; also to one subsequently framed about 1684-7 for the whole of the Deccan on the principles of Todar Mall's assessment. In Khāndesh accordingly it denotes the highest rate which any village had been made to pay, although this not infrequently fell short of the estimated rental calculated at an earlier date. (Wilson's Glossary, p. 229.) See also B.G. xiii. pt. ii. 559.]