Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5219

c6.5219

śaivara, a revenue term; cf. śaibara; a levy in kind according to Ghoshal (H.Rev. Syst., p. 220); but probably the same as Marāṭhī śerī, ‘arable land originally excluded from the village assessment’ (Wilson’s Glossary); may also be a tax on farmhouses (cf. śibara).