A History of Agriculture in India v2.c74.s1.23

v2.c74.s1.23

The result of these measures was that though the amount of the public demand was reduced considerably, the profit to the State remained nearly the same due to prevention of defalcations. Abu-l-Fazl asserts that the assessment was lighter than that of Sher Shah, who professed to take only one-fourth of the produce, while Akbar took one-third.