[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829) › v3.c40.34 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.34 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.34 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c40.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c40.34) ⁴ “The greatest breadth of the valley of the Nile is four leagues, the least, one”; so that the narrowest portion of the valley of Sind equals the largest of the Nile. Egypt alone is said to have had eight millions of inhabitants; what then might Sind maintain! The condition of the peasantry, as described by Bourrienne, is exactly that of Rajputana; “The villages are fiefs belonging to any one on whom the prince may bestow them; the peasantry pay a tax to their superior, and the actual proprietors of the soil; amidst all the revolutions and commotions, their privileges are not infringed.” This right (still obtaining), taken away by Joseph, was restored by Sesostris. - [Previous: v3.c40.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c40.33) - [Next: v3.c40.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c40.35) - [Up: v3.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c40.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v3.c40.34) · Pramāṇa