ABSTRACT
The eastern Deccan again, with its different distribution of rainfall, the extreme uncertainty of its moisture, and the depth and heaviness of its soil, represents a different series of conditions which would need again a further and distinct investigation. All is held under the ordinary ryotmari tenure of the Deccan. Inam rights, that is to say, the right of the whole or part of the land assessment, of two hundred and eleven acres are held by private inamdars, while there is a charge to another inamdar against the revenue of the whole village dating from the commencement of British rule in the Deccan. As in all Deccan villages, the cutting up of the land by rush of surface water has been the cause of the ruin of a considerable area of the village land. The cultivation at Pimpla Soudagar is absolutely typical of the dry villages of the Western Deccan.
