The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s7.8
The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s7.8
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c4.s7.8
Regarding the extent of such assignments from Hedgelee in Bengal, it was stated in 1770 that ‘almost one-half of the province is held upon free tenure’ under the *Bazee Zemin* category.⁸² The number of these *Bazee Zemin* (one may reasonably assume the term included individuals, groups as well as institutions) in many districts of Bengal and Bihar was as high as 30,000 to 36,000 recipients for the district. According to H.T. Prinsep,⁸³ in one district of Bengal around 1780, the applications for the registration of *Bazee Zemin* numbered 72,000.