Raja Todar Mal, as finance minister of Akbar, brought new system of revenue collection known as zabti system and dahshala system which was a system of taxation. ... Each province was divided into revenue circles or dastur with their own rates of revenue and a schedule of individual crops or dasture- amal.
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Raja Todar Mal, as finance minister of Akbar, brought new system of revenue collection known as zabti system and dahshala system which was a system of taxation. Under the system he took a careful survey of crop yields and prices cultivated for a period of 10 years. The Dahsala system as instituted by by Akbar, the average produce of different crops as well as the average prices prevailing over the last ten years was calculated and one-third share of the average produce was apportioned to the state. In fact, historians believe in Mughal period, it was the most significant method of assessment. The origin of this practice is traced in Sher Shah’s reign. During Akbar's reign, the system was revised a number of times before it took the final shape. The system was adopted only in the major provinces of the Empire covering Multan, Delhi, Allahabad, Awadh, Agra, and Lahore.