| Rupees. | ||||
| Managed by the Raja, or rented | 2,055,000 | |||
| Deori taluka, expenses of the queen’s household | 500,000 | |||
| Shagirdpesha, servants of the household | 300,000 | |||
| Ministers, and civil officers | 200,000 | |||
| Jagirs for the Silahposh, or men-at-arms | 150,000 | |||
| Jagirs to army, namely, ten battalions of infantry with cavalry | 714,000 | |||
| Total Fiscal Land | 3,919,000 | |||
| Feudal lands (of Jaipur Proper) | 1,700,000 | |||
| Udak,[[12]] or charity lands, chiefly to Brahmans | 1,600,000 | |||
| Dan and Mapa, or transit and impost duties of the country | 190,000 | |||
| Kachahri, of the capital, includes town-duties,fines, contributions, etc., etc. | 215,000 | |||
| Mint | 60,000 | |||
| Hundi-bara, insurance, and dues on bills of exchange | 60,000 | |||
| Faujdari, or commandant of Amber (annual fine) | 12,000 | |||
| Do. do. of city Jaipur | 8,000 | |||
| Bid’at, petty fines from the Kachahri, or hall of justice | 16,000 | |||
| Sabzimandi, vegetable market | 3,000 | |||
| Total Lakhs | 7,783,000 | |||
| Tribute |  | Shaikhavati | 350,000 | |
| Rajawat and other feudatories of Jaipur[[13]] | 30,000 | |||
| Kothris of Haraoti[[14]] | 20,000 | |||
| Total Tribute | 400,000 | |||
| Add Tribute | 400,000 | |||
| Grand Total | Rs. | 8,183,000 | ||
[435].
If this statement is correct, and we add thereto the Shaikhawat, Rajawat, and Hara tributes, the revenues fiscal, feudal, commercial, and tributary, of Amber, when Jagat Singh came to the throne, would exceed eighty lakhs of rupees, half of which is khalisa, or appertaining to the Raja—nearly twice the personal revenue of any other prince in Rajwara. This sum (forty lakhs) was the estimated amount liable to tribute when the treaty was formed with the British Government, and of which the Raja has to pay eight lakhs annually, and five-sixteenths of all revenue surplus to this amount. The observant reader will not fail to be struck with the vast inequality between the estates of the defenders of the country, and these drones the Brahmans,—a point on which we have elsewhere treated:[[15]] nor can anything more powerfully mark the utter prostration of intellect of the Kachhwaha princes, than their thus maintaining an indolent and baneful hierarchy, to fatten on the revenues which would support four thousand Kachhwaha cavaliers. With a proper application of her revenues, and princes like Raja Man to lead a brave vassalage, they would have foiled all the efforts of the Mahrattas; but their own follies and vices have been their ruin.
Foreign Army.
A detailed schedule of the feudal levies of Amber may diversify the dry details of these annals, obviate repetition, and present a perfect picture of a society of clanships. In this list we shall give precedence to the kothriband, the holders of the twelve great fiefs (barah-kothri) of Amber—
Schedule of the names and appanages of the twelve sons of Raja Prithiraj, whose descendants form the Barah-kothri, or twelve great fiefs of Amber[[18]] [436].
| Sons of Prithiraj. | Names of Families. | Names of Fiefs. | Present Chiefs. | Revenues. | Personal Quotas. | |
| 1. Chhattarbhuj | Chhattarbhujot | Pinar and | ||||
| Bhagru | Bagh Singh | 18,000 | 28 | |||
| 2. Kalyan | Kalyanot | Lotwara | Ganga Singh | 25,000 | 47 | |
| 3. Nathu | Nathawat | Chaumun | Kishan Singh | 115,000 | 205 | |
| 4. Balbhadar | Balbhadarot | Achrol | Kaim Singh | 28,850 | 57 | |
| 5. Jagmall his son Khangar | } | Khangarot | Thodri | Prithi Singh | 25,000 | 40 |
| 6. Sultan | Sultanot | Chandsar | — | — | — | |
| 7. Pachain | Pachainot | Sambra | Sali Singh | 17,700 | 32 | |
| 8. — | Gugawat | Dhuni | Rao Chand Singh | 70,000 | 88 | |
| 9. Kaim | Kumbhani | Banskoh | Padam Singh | 21,535 | 31 | |
| 10. Kumbha | Kumbhawat | Mahar | Rawat Sarup Singh | 27,538 | 45 | |
| 11. Surat | Sheobaranpota | Nindar | Rawat Hari Singh | 10,000 | 19 | |
| 12. Banbir | Banbirpota | Balkoh | Sarup Singh | 19,000 | 35 |
It will be remarked that the estates of these, the chief vassals of Amber, are, with the exception of two, far inferior in value to those of the sixteen great chiefs of Mewar, or the eight of Marwar; and a detailed list of all the inferior feudatories of each Kothri, or clan, would show that many of them have estates greater than those of their leaders: for instance, Kishan Singh of Chaumun has upwards of a lakh, while Beri Sal of Samod, the head of the clan (Nathawat), has only forty thousand; again, the chief of Balaheri holds an estate of thirty-five thousand, while that of the head of his clan is but twenty-five thousand. The representative of the Sheobaranpotas has an estate of only ten thousand, while the junior branch of Gura has thirty-six thousand. Again, the chief of the Khangarots has but twenty-five thousand, while no less than three junior branches hold lands to double that amount; and the inferior of the Balbhadarots holds upwards of a lakh, while the superior of Achrol has not a third of this rental. The favour of the prince, the turbulence or talents of individuals, have caused these inequalities; but, however disproportioned the gifts of fortune, the attribute of honour always remains with the lineal descendant and representative of the original fief.
We shall further illustrate this subject of the feudalities of Amber by inserting a general list of all the clans, with the number of subdivisions, the resources of each, and the quotas they ought to furnish. At no remote period this was held to be correct, and will serve to give a good idea of the Kachhwaha aristocracy. It was my [437] intention to have given a detailed account of the subdivisions of each fief, their names, and those of their holders, but on reflection, though they cost some diligence to obtain, they would have little interest for the general reader.
Schedule of the Kachhwaha clans; the number of fiefs or estates in each; their aggregate value, and quotas of horse for each estate.[[19]]