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# Mughal Administration c9.s8.17

Mughal Administration c9.s8.17

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### [c9.s8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c9.s8.17)

\[Abolished by Aurangzib in 1659. The hardships and abuses connected with this tax are fully described in my \*History of Aurangzib\*, iii. Ch. 28 § 1 and \*Studies in Aur. Reign\*, Ch. xi. In the Crown-lands alone this tax used to yield 25 lakhs of Rupees a year, at the time of its abolition.\]

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