A History of Agriculture in India v2.c71.s2.4
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c71.s2.4
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v2.c71.s2.4
‘Having thus addressed them, he dismissed them with honorary dresses to carry on their cultivation. After dismissing the cultivators, he said to his father’s officers, “The cultivators are the source of prosperity. I have encouraged them and sent them away, and shall always watch over their condition, that no man may oppress and injure them; for if a ruler cannot protect humble peasantry from the lawless, it is tyranny to exact revenue from them”.