### CC Antya 6.17

> হেন-কালে মুলুকের এক ম্লেচ্ছ অধিকারী ।\
> সপ্তগ্রাম-মুলুকের সে হয় ‘চৌধুরী’ ॥১৭॥

> hena-kāle mulukera eka mleccha adhikārī\
> saptagrāma-mulukera se haya 'caudhurī'

*hena-kāle*—at this time; *mulukera*—of the country; *eka*—one; *mleccha*—Mohammedan; *adhikārī*—official; *saptagrāma-mulukera*—of the place known as Saptagrāma; *se*—that person; *haya*—is; *caudhurī*—tax collector.

**At that time there was a Mohammedan official collecting the taxes of Saptagrāma.**

Formerly, when the Mohammedan government was in power, the person appointed tax collector would collect the taxes of the local Zamindars, or landholders. He would keep one-fourth of the collection for himself as a profit, and the balance he would deliver to the treasury of the government.