Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s18.21

c18.s18.21

month. Pahanidars were also sent to Tarf Nane Mawal.* Bagyayat lands were also assessed after inspection and we have already seen in connection with the village system that the Patil as the guardian of the cultivators' interest could demand a pahani whenever he thought that his village had been over-assessed. It seems that the principle of 'no pahani no extra assessment' was generally recognised by the government. A letter of the time of the second Madhava Rao may be quoted here for illustration.