Continue reading from Part VII Land revenue was the main pillar of revenue during the reign of Shivaji Maharaj. The Maharaj reduced the powers of Mirasdars. The Chhatrapati surveyed and classified the land and accordingly the per bigha Tax was levied as mentioned below. ऽ Forest / Pastures: 8 Man (मण)ऽ Brackish (river or sea…
Continue reading from Part VI Districts: Divisons: All these districts or divisions are different in size, compare to each other. Continue reading with Part VIII or goto Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, Part XIII, Part XIV, Part XV, Part XVI, Part XVII,…
Continue reading from Part V Talking more about the establishment, the Maharaja had given a higher position to the civil officers as compared to the military officers. Thus the military officers who used to levy different taxes on the people stopped. By this our Maharaj proved that running a state is not just about fighting…
Continue reading from Part IV After collecting the collection, the Mamaledar used to send the document of the collection calculation to the Chhatrapati. Along with the signatures of other officers, Deshmukh’s signatures were also required on those documents. ऽ Taraf: The upper part of the mauje is tarf or taraf. The officer on that was…
Continue reading from Part III Sarsubha: Sarsubha is formed by the combination of many subhas. The officer of Sarsubha is called ‘Sarsubhedar’. Sarsubedar was also referred to as the Chief Land Adhikari. There were total five Sarsubhedars during Shiva period. Subha, Province : Subha is formed by joining many parganas. The officers of the Subha…
Continue reading from Part II Shivaji Raje abolished the collection of revenue directly and ordered Patil/Kulkarni to collect the revenue from farmers and pay revenue share of Deshpande/Deshmukh to them and remaining revenue to the state treasury. In this way he destroyed the power of the Vatandars. Although the responsibility for the administration of the…
Continue reading from Part I The tax system during Maharaj’s time was a convenient and straightforward tax system. Jagir system was very popular at that time and a lot of money was obtained due to Jagir system. But because of the exploitation of the public, the Maharaj completely stopped the jagir system and left the…
Undoubtedly, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s business practices and administration were many times better than other rulers. Shivaji Maharaj had the diplomacy to make some improvements in the revenue system of Kalikamber and adopt that system in his Swarajya. It does not impose excessive and unnecessary taxes on its people. The Maharaj used to extract maximum wealth…
