Administrative System of the Marathas c27.s7.4

c27.s7.4

2. Among the taxes remitted by Akbar is mentioned *Sardarakhti*¹⁶ a tax on each tree. Jahangir also says, "Thanks to the Almighty God, that no revenue on fruit trees has been taken during my reign; and I gave orders that if any one were to plant a garden in cultivated land he was not to pay any revenue."¹⁷ So it is evident that *sardarakhti* was levied before Jahangir and Akbar, but though abolished by them it was revived later on. In Maratha days the tax was known as *jhadjhadora*.