Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s2.t1.98

v3.c42.s2.t1.98

the absolute property of the cultivating ryot, who can sell or mortgage it. There is a curious tradition that this right was obtained by one of the ancient princes making a general sale of the crown land, reserving only the tax. In Bundi, if a ryot becomes unable, from pecuniary wants or otherwise, to cultivate his lands, he lets them ; and custom has established four annas per bigha of irrigated land, and two annas for gorma, that dependent on the heavens, or a share of the produce in a similar proportion, as his right. If in exile, from whatever cause, he can assign this share to trustees ; and, the more strongly to mark his inalienable right in such a case, the trustees reserve on his account two sers on every maund of produce, which is emphatically termed ‘hakk bapota ka bhum,’ the ‘dues of the patrimonial soil.’