s. m, (M) An old tax on indigo. Its name would make it appear that it came down from the time of the Mughals, but probably the word was used originally on account of the arbitrary nature of the tax. Under Sawan Mal it was a tax in cash on indigo in addition to the Government share in kind. The amount varied with the market-price of indigo, i. e., in the Muzaffargarh district forty rupees per maund was the turning-point; if indigo sold for less than forty rupees, the moghlá was levied at three rupees per maund; if above, at six rupees. Moghlá lasted during the Sikh rule and was abolished on the British annexation.