Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s12.5

v2.c28.s12.5

All his expenditure taken together ranged between 60 and 65 lakhs of Rupees a year, while his annual revenue was 175 lakhs, so that in the seven years of his reign he added about six *krores* to the reserve hoard left behind by his predecessors. The revenue of the entire subah of Agra was then less than two *krores*, and the Jat kings did not hold more than three-fourths of its territory. Although Suraj Mal tried his best to make the country yield double the revenue which the Mughal Emperors used to draw from it, yet taking all circumtances into consideration, Suraj Mal's total reserve wealth, both inherited and acquired, could not have exceeded ten *krores*, much of it being buried underground.