Question

Define the term chauth and sardeshmukhi

Answer 1

Chauth (from Sanskrit meaning one-fourth) was a regular tax or tribute imposed, from early 18th century, by the Maratha Empire in India. It was an annual tax nominally levied at 25% on revenue or produce, hence the name. ... The sardeshmukhi was an additional 10% levy on top of the chauth. It is a tribute paid to the king

Answer 2

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Chauth, in 17th- and 18th-century India, a levy of one-fourth of the revenue demand (or actual collection) of a district from which the Marathas claimed rights of passage or overlordship. The name was derived from the Sanskrit word meaning “a fourth.”