In the seventeenth century, what was the term used for the peasants who were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis?

pahi-kashta.

Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants – khud-kashta and pahi-kashta. The pahi-kashta were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis.