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Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
Short Note
Solution
- Chauth:
It is the one-fourth of the revenue collected as the protection money collected from the people by Shivaji. - Sardeshmukhi:
It was an extra one-tenth, as the chieftain’s due collected by shivaji.
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