Appendix C. 
SOME FOURTEENTH-CENTURY PASSAGES 
SoME of the most important passages bearing on the agrarian 
svstem of the fourteenth century are difficult to follow, and 
extant translations, where any exist, are not always exact. 
The renderings of these passages offered below -are meant to be 
strictly literal, any departure from the original being indicated 
by brackets; the technical expressions are discussed in the 
notes which follow the translations. The clauses are set out, 
punctuated, and numbered for convenience of reference; the 
texts are continuous, and as a rule are not punctuated. 
[. ALAUDDIN'S REVENUE DECREE. 
(Text, Barni, 287. Translations, Elliot, iii. 182, and J.A.S.B. 
vol. xxxix. ». 282. the last with Blochmann’s notes). 
I. Sultin Aliuddin demanded from learned men rules and 
regulations, so that the Hindu(x) should be ground down, 
2. and property and possessions, which are the cause of 
disaffection and rebellion, should not remain in his house; . 
3. and in the payment of the Demand one rule should be 
made for all alike from Chief to sweeper(2); 
4. and the Demand on the strong should not fall on the 
weak; 
5. and so much should not remain to the Hindu(1) that they 
should ride on horseback, and carry weapons. and wear fine 
clothes, and enjoy themselves; 
6. and to make two regulations(3) in pursuance of the afore- 
said object, which is the chief of all objects of government. 
7. The first [regulation],—that those who cultivate, whether 
small or great, shall cultivate according to the rule of measure- 
ment and the biswa-yield(4), 
8. and shall pay half without any deduction; 
9. and in this paying there should be no distinction between 
Chiefs and sweepers(2); 
10. and not a jot should be left to the Chiefs by way of 
Chiefs’ perquisites(s). 
(The text goes on to the second regulation, imposing a tax 
on grazing.)