History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s1.2

v3.c38.s1.2

Aurangzib abolished both the *rahdari* and the *pandari* in his demesne lands and requested the jagirdars and zamindars to do the same in their estates. This was done, at least for a time, and there was a free flow of corn to every place affected by scarcity, and the price of grain fell appreciably. This relief to the people came at a most opportune time. The devastation caused by the war did, no doubt, cease in 1660, but for a succession of years afterwards there was scanty rainfall and harvest failure in one province or another. Thanks, however, to the remission of the transit duty on grain, the dearth of one place was easily removed by the surplus produce of another.*