Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.227

v2.c30.t2.227

Revenues and Taxes.—The personal revenue of the princes of Jaisalmer³ is, or rather was, estimated at upwards of four lakhs of rupees, of which more than one lakh was from the land.⁴ The transit duties were formerly the most certain and most prolific branch of the fiscal income; but the bad faith of the minister, the predatory habits of the Bhatti chiefs proceeding mainly from thence, and the general decrease of commerce, have conspired nearly to annihilate this source of income, said at one time to reach three lakhs of rupees. These imposts are termed dan, and the collector dani, who was stationed at convenient points of all the principal routes which diverge from the capital.