History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c12.35

v1.c12.35

Revenue greatly decreased. In spite of an abatement of 12 lakhs of rupees on their first assessment made by the Imperial settlement officers in the hope that the collection in future would be more easy and certain, the land revenue still proved to have been pitched too high. For the four provinces which then constituted Mughal Deccan, it stood at three krores and 62 lakhs of rupees a year; but the actual collection in 1652 was only one krore, or less than one-third.∗