A History of Agriculture in India v1.c36.s5: Land Revenue Administration
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c36.s5
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Land Revenue Administration
v1.c36.s5.1
Commenting on administration and land revenue Hiuen Tsang observes, "As the government is tolerant, administrative duties are simple. There is no registration of households, nor is there *corvee* for individuals. Royal land is divided generally into four parts... (for defraying various expenses). For this reason, tax and *corvee* are light, and the people are happy to follow the calling of their forefathers. Those who work as tenant farmers on the royal estate hold land in proportion to the number of persons in the family, and they pay a tax of one part in six."⁹
v1.c36.s5.2
⁹ Beal, S. Chinese Accounts of India, Vol. II, p. 143