Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c19.s9: No. IX. Grant of Bhum by the Inhabitants of the Town of Dongla to Maharaja Zorawar Singh, of Bhindar
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c19.s9
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No. IX. Grant of Bhum by the Inhabitants of the Town of Dongla to Maharaja Zorawar Singh, of Bhindar
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To Sri Maharaja Zorawar Singh, the Patels, traders, merchants, Brahmans, and united inhabitants of Dongla, make agreement.
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Formerly the ‘runners’ in Dongla were numerous: to preserve us from whom we granted bhum to the Maharaja. To wit:
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One well, that of Hira the oilman.
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One well, that of Dipa the oilman.
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One well, that of Dewa the oilman.
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In all, three wells, being forty-four bighas of irrigated (piwal), and one hundred and ninety-one bighas of unirrigated (mal) land. Also a field for juar.
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Customs or Dignities (Maryad) attached to the Bhum.
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1st. A dish (kansa) on every marriage.
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2nd. Six hundred rupees ready cash annually.
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3rd. All Bhumias, Girasias, the high roads, passes from raids and ‘runners,’ and all disturbances whatsoever, the Maharaja must settle.
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When the Maharaja is pleased to let the inhabitants of Dongla reinhabit their dwellings, then only can they return to them.¹
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¹ This shows how bhum was extorted in these periods of turbulence, and that this individual gift was as much to save them from the effects of the Maharaja’s violence as to gain protection from that of others.
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Written by the accountant Kacchia, on the full moon of Jeth, S. 1858, and signed by all the traders, Brahmans, and townspeople.