INDEX 
25 
Brihaspati, quoted, 3n., 41. 
British administration, beginnings 
of, 1571. 
Brotherhoods, described. .6.ff., 
9 
Assessment on, r. 
Bulandshaur. .re Ba. 
Collections—continued 
Grain, various periods, 37-8, 62, 
68-9, 72, 204-5 
Reigns of 
Alauddin, 37, 38, 62 
Lodi Kings, 68, 72, 76 
Summary, 201ff. 
Collectors, under 
Akbar, 96, 100ff., 184 
Regulations for, 111-12, 133 
Tipit Sultan, Regulations for, 
188—9 
Commutation under Akbar, 84 
Failure of, 87, 248-9, 252 
Competition for Land, see Agricul- 
tural Land, Competition 
for 
Contract-holdings, explained, 8 
British period, 162, 170 
in Mysore, 188 
in Udaipur, 13, 141 
under Aurangzeb, 140-1 
Crop-failure, 65 
Allowances for, under 
Akbar, go, 113-14, 230 
Aurangzeb, 134 
Firiz, 231 
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, 40, 41, 
227, 230 
Crop-rates, under Akbar, 85, 170, 
175, 239 
Cropping, improvement of, 50, 59, 
112, 134, 189 
Cultivation, efforts to increase. 
made by 
Akbar, 101, 112-13 
Aurangzeb, 132, 134-144 
Firaz, 65 
Muhammad Tughlaq, 50, 51 
Cultivator, see Peasant 
CEbED and Conquered 
Provinces. 
157 
[Intermediaries in, 158, 172f 
Village organisation, 160ff 
Cesses abolished by 
Akbar, 61, 138 
Aurangzeb, 61, 
Firdaz, 61, 138 
Private, 198 
Chakla=circle, under Auran< 
134, 271 
Chapparband or Khud... 
plained, 161 
Charitable tenures, 161, 7~ 
Chaudhri =Pargana-headiuua 
19, 69, 271 
Chauth, explained, 152, 
Chiefs, Hindu 
Described, 8 
British period, 172, z73f. 
Moslem period, 
Akbar, 118ff., 193, 257 
Alauddin, 32ff., 224, <- 
Babur, 79 
Farid Khan, 69, 71 
Firiz, 58-9 
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, 41-2 
Lodi Kings, 69, 71 
Sayyid Kings, 66 
Sher Shih, 75 
Right or perquisite of, 28, 3o, 
174, 225, 227 
Titles of, 8, 18 &n., 276 
Chitor, Province, 25 
Position of, under Akbar, 119 
Chittagong, District, 196 
Statistics of, 262, 263 
Chunar, Assignment attached to, 96 
Cliques, dominant, under Aurang- 
zeb, 136m. 
Coinage, 255, 271 
Collections, 8 
Cash 
British period, 170 
Hindu period, 5ff. 
Moslem period, 11, za. 
83, 204-5, 239 
Reign of 
Akbar, 69, 76, 83, 114, 120 
Aurangzeb, 132, 136-7 
Tioa Sultin. 188-a 
Dahsala, see Ain-i Dahsdla 
Dam (coin), 271 
Dandes, see Khandesh 
Dastidr, meanings of, 234, 271 
Dastur-ul ‘amal, 256, 257, 261 
and Dhara, 256-7 
Daulatabad = Deogir, Province, 23, 
48 
Deccan, the Kingdom of, 62 
Provinces of, Conquest cf, by 
‘ladddin Khalji, 25; 31, 
130-1 
Agrarian history >f, 180ff, 
Assessments of, © oI 
Malik Ambar’s, 182-3 
Murshid Quli Khan's, 17, 
13411. 
Assignments in, (83