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…
