Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s20: 5. Payment in cash usually permitted
Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s20
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5. Payment in cash usually permitted
c18.s20.1
"A letter to Naro Ramchandra : There is an arrear of seventy khandis of grain out of the land revenue of the years San Sit and San Saba in Tarfs Nane Mawal and Paun Mawal. Rajashri Naro Keshav came to the Huzur and prayed that part of the arrears might be commuted into money payment and the realisation of the rest might be postponed. Therefore commutation of twenty khandis out of the total due has been permitted. Take cash for rabi crops at the rate of three paylis per Rupee, and for cereals, nachna, wari and rice at the rate of six paylis per Rupee. The remainder (is) to be postponed for the present and to be realised at the coming season."¹⁸ The price list drawn up in this case is worth quoting for comparison with the previous list. Rabi crops are quoted here at the rate of three paylis per Rupee and cereals like nachna (*Eleusine Corocana*) and wari (*Coix Barbata*) and rice are valued at six paylis per Rupee.
c18.s20.2
¹⁸ P. D., Vol. III, p. 230.
c18.s20.3
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