MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS :
Permanent settlement – Settlement where rate of revenues were fixed .
Mahal – A mansion or palace .
Mahalwari settlement – The system where rates of revenues were to be revised periodically .
Ryoti – Cultivator .
Indigo – A plant that produces rich blue colour .
Plantations – A large farm operated by a planter .
Slave – A person who is owned by someone else and is compelled to work for the master .
Woad – A plant that produces violet and blue dyes .
Satta – A contract or an agreement .
Bigha – A unit of measurement of land .
Mahal − A revenue estate
Indigo− a plant that yields a dark blue dye
Nij − cultivation on planter’s own land
Ryotwari − land revenue was imposed directly on the cultivators
Contracts − a written agreement with someone
Zamindars − owner of a land
Cultivators − farmers
Imposed − force on someone