Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire
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What percentage of India's population lived in villages during the 16th and 17th centuries?
Who authored the Ain-i Akbari?
What were the two major seasonal agricultural cycles in Mughal India?
What was the village panchayat?
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Which terms were used to denote peasants in Indo-Persian sources? (Select all correct answers)
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Raiyat, Muzarian, Kisan, Asami
Indo-Persian sources used multiple terms for peasants: raiyat (most frequent), muzarian, kisan, and asami. Zamindar referred to landed proprietors, not peasants.
Khud-kashta peasants were resident cultivators of the village.
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Khud-kashta were residents of the village in which they held their lands, as opposed to pahi-kashta who were non-resident cultivators from other villages.
Which crops were considered 'jins-i kamil' (perfect crops)? (Select all correct answers)
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Cotton, Sugarcane, Mustard
Jins-i kamil referred to cash crops that brought more revenue. Cotton and sugarcane were prime examples, along with oilseeds like mustard. Rice and wheat were basic staples, not cash crops.
Arrange the following land classifications in order from most to least productive:
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Polaj
Polaj was annually cultivated land (most productive), Parauti was temporarily fallow, Chachar was fallow for 3-4 years, and Banjar was uncultivated for 5+ years (least productive).
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