Meanings :
1. Permanent settlement – Settlement where rate of revenues were fixed.
2. Mahal – A revenue estate.
3. Mahalwari settlement – The system where rates of revenues were to be revised periodically.
4. Ryoti – Cultivator.
5. Indigo – A plant that produces rich blue colour.
6. Plantations – A large farm operated by a planter.
7. Slave – A person who is owned by someone else and is compelled to work for the master.
8. Woad – A plant that produces violet and blue dyes.
9. Satta – A contract or an agreement.
10. Bigna – A unit of measurement of land.