Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s2.t1.78

v3.c42.s2.t1.78

1st. The unalu, or ‘ summer harvest,’ when wheat, barley, and a variety of pulses, as gram, moth, mung, til,¹ are raised. The share of the State in these varies with the fertility of the soil, from one-fourth, one-third, and two-fifths, to one-half—the extreme fractions being the maximum and minimum ; those of one-third and two-fifths [537] are the most universally admitted as the share of the crown. But besides this, there are dues to the artificers and mechanics, whose labour to the village is compensated by a share of the harvest from each cultivator ; which allowances reduce the portion of the latter to one-half of the gross produce of his industry, which if he realize, he is contented and thrives.