Continue reading from Part XVII The government levied taxes in two ways, one as a grade of land and two as a crop harvested. The farmer who cultivates the fallow land and harvests the crop will be exempted from tax for the first five years. In the next few years the 1/8 part of the…
Continue reading from Part XVI Chauthai (Quarter): Currency, trade taxes, land revenue etc. were then the main and permanent sources of income of Chhatrapati. But the Maharaj’s Gangajali used to cover from a income gain through Chauthai compair to the income from revenue and taxes. Although its form is irregular, jbut it is permanent. Chauth…
Continue reading from Part XV ऽ Weekly Market: At that time the market was held once a week in the main village. Those who observe such market arrangements are called ‘Shete’. They were allowed to collect taxes imposed on shopkeepers. They had to keep a list of vendors in the market. They were given rent-free…
Continue reading from Part XIV Overall, while studying the revenue and tax system during Chatrapati’s time, I realized that the system of monthly contribution (Vargani) is not known during Shivaji Maharaj’s time. Due to this, taxes such as Sinhansapatti, Dasarapatti, Toran Bheti and other taxes were collected whenever the occasion arose. Some taxes were collected…
Continue reading from XIII ऽ Expenditure: A tax levied for public expenditure. This was called as ‘village expenditure’. ऽ Tutpatti and Nuksanpatti: This tax was levied to cover the loss, leakage and theft of liquids such as oil-ghee and cloth till they reached the government in the form of tax. ऽ Ghartakka or Gharpatti :…
Continue reading from Part XII ऽ Jakat (Excise Duty) Excise duty was levied on goods entering and leaving Swarajya from and to abroad. A duty of 2 1/2 percent was levied on British goods. A jakat of 12 per cent per man (मण) was levied on mithagaras (Salt farm). A jakat of 5 laari per…
Continue reading from Part XI Taxes such as personal income tax, business tax, property tax were collected by district and village Vatani officials. But it is doubtful that these taxes should have been collected regularly. Sometime, the government used to collect a consolidated tax called ‘Sadilwarpatti’ (सादिलवारपट्टी). This included taxes such as inampatti, miraspatti, mohatarfa,…
Continue reading from Part X Shivaji Maharaj had imposed small and large taxes on many things besides land. We have seen the names of some types of taxes in the above information. So now let us study this tax structure in detail. There are two types of taxes: Continue reading with Part XII or goto…
Continue reading from Part IX Except above typed of land, other land considered as ‘Khalsa land’ for revenue determination. Regarding the measurement of land, Maharaj had given some commands as follows: Every land enumeration officer should visit every village and register the total amount of land in that village, and out of that how much…
Continue reading from Part VIII The boundaries of the villages were determined. Determined the area of land owned by the farmer. During Shiva period, ‘Shivashahi Kathi’ was used to measure the land. This stick should be about five hands and five fists long and the hand should be 14 tasu (तसू) or 25 fingers i.e.…
