A History of Agriculture in India v2.c79.s6.t3: Servants Employed in the Cow Stables
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c79.s6.t3
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Servants Employed in the Cow Stables
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'In the *khasa* stables, one man was appointed to look after four head of
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Note: *s* is abbreviation of *ser* or *seer*; *d* is abbreviation of *dam*; *man* is maund in English.
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FIG. 43. Kankrej bullocks are fast like horses. They were used for hauling supplies in the Mughal army.
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FIG. 44. Sketches of goats and a Markhor. Mughal, 17th century. (Collection of M. Demotte, Paris)
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FIG. 45. A ram of Marwari breed of sheep, possibly by Mansur. Mughal, 17th century. (Courtesy: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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cattle. Eighteen such keepers in the first stable got 5 *d* per diem, and the remaining keepers, 4 *d*.
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'If a horn of an ox was broken, or the animal got blind, the Darogha was fined one-fourth of the price, or even more, according to the extent of the injury.'¹
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¹ Abu-l-Fazal, *Ain-i-Akbari*, pp. 140-142, 151-161