JĀT PEASANT OF MĀRWĀR.
RĀJPUT FOOT-SOLDIER OF MĀRWĀR.
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The exports of home production are the two staple articles of salt and woollens; to which we may add coarse cotton cloths, and paper made in the town of Pali. The lois, or blankets, are disseminated throughout India, and may be had at from four to sixty rupees per pair; scarfs and turbans are made of the same material, but not for exportation. But salt is the chief article of export, and the duties arising therefrom equal half the land revenue of the country. Of the agars, or ‘salt lakes,’ Pachbhadra, Phalodi, and Didwana are the principal, the first being several miles in circuit [702].
The commercial duties of Pali yielded 75,000 rupees annually, a large sum in a poor country like Marwar.
Chāran and Bhāt Carriers.
Pungiri Temple.
Kairla, 30th.