Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.t1.53
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.t1.53
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³ [In S.E. Mewār, near Mālwa, opium used to be almost as common as wheat and barley, but the area has greatly decreased since 1899, with the fall in the price of the drug (Erskine ii. A. 44). Sir G. Watt, writing in 1908, says it was then restricted to Mālwa, Bihār, and the United Provinces (*Comm. Prod.* 851 ff.). Since then, under arrangements with the Chinese, the cultivation has been still further restricted.]