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Sometime ago when I read Dharampal's books he mentioned something interesting regarding the military strategies.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dharampal offers an interesting perspective on why India languished militarily. He indicates that Indian society contributed very little revenue to the military and mostly had local systems. I cant remember where I read it but just as a note to myself. I think he mentioned that most areas had about 5% allocation for the rajyas. Aurangzeb increased revenues to about 20% of agri produce. Marathas and Vijayanagara kingdoms also tried to raise the share of revenues but in the end were not very successful. Brits had about 40-50% taxation. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
rajesh g, would you happen to know which of Dharampal's works contains the above info? Would like to read about this in depth.
Sometime ago when I read Dharampal's books he mentioned something interesting regarding the military strategies.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dharampal offers an interesting perspective on why India languished militarily. He indicates that Indian society contributed very little revenue to the military and mostly had local systems. I cant remember where I read it but just as a note to myself. I think he mentioned that most areas had about 5% allocation for the rajyas. Aurangzeb increased revenues to about 20% of agri produce. Marathas and Vijayanagara kingdoms also tried to raise the share of revenues but in the end were not very successful. Brits had about 40-50% taxation. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
rajesh g, would you happen to know which of Dharampal's works contains the above info? Would like to read about this in depth.