The ryot, in return for his cash advance, agrees to cultivate so much indigo at a certain price, for which he gets credit in his rent.

Wind blowing strong from the sea, roughening the dark blue waters, and fretting their indigo with foam, as though the ocean's coursers champed an invisible curb.

He grows the indigo as he would grow any other crop, as a pure speculation.

I don't knowjust the indigoes.