about chauth and sardeshmukhi
chauth (meaning one-fourth) = kind of protection money charged by Shivaji in territories adjoining his empire, normally 1/4 th of what they paid to their kings and feudal lords.
sardesmukhi = charged normally at 1/10th as land revenue by Shivaji, a tribute money being a former Chief/ feudal lord.
Also, Sardeshmukhi was a charge equal to one-tenth of the land revenue which a hereditary Deshmukh, in the time of the Mughals, kept to himself in return for the collection of the revenue and the maintenance of Law and Order in a territory allotted to him.
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