Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s3.196

v3.c41.s3.196

It must, however, be borne in mind, that almost all these alienated districts had but for a comparatively short period formed an integral portion of Dhundhar; and that the major part were portions of the imperial domains, held in *jaedad*, or ‘assignment,’ by the princes of this country, in their capacity of lieutenants of the emperor. In Raja Prithi Singh’s reign, about half a century ago, the rent-roll of Amber and her tributaries was [434] seventy-seven lakhs : and in a very minute schedule formed in S. 1858 (A.D. 1802), the last year of the reign of Raja Partap Singh, they were estimated at seventy-nine lakhs : an ample revenue, if well administered, for every object. We shall present the chief items which form the budget of ways and means of Amber.