Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s18.7

c18.s18.7

In fact the Peshwas were so much bent upon the improvement of agriculture that they took almost all the means known to modern governments for that purpose, the most remarkable being their attempt to create for the cultivators a permanent interest in their land by giving them long lease of five to seven years, and by forbidding sale and mortgage of land. The last measure was specially enforced during the administration of the second Madhava Rao, as will be proved by the following documents: