Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c7.t2.30

c7.t2.30

⁶¹ M.E.R., 1915, p. 44. Of the Kārpāśāna (i.e. wet) lands, those that died in the planting (naṭṭuppāl), those that yielded only blighted grain (śāvi) and those that were otherwise damaged (aḷivu) were not counted, and of the puṉpayir (i.e., dry lands) pāl, śāvi and aḷivu were likewise not counted and the remaining holdings were charged at the reduced rate of 8½ to 10, it being, however, provided that in the excluded lands where on inspection they were found to have yielded ¼ crop a third of the produce would be charged as vāram from each holder.