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Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · History

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Topics in Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire

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1. Peasants and Agricultural Production

  • About 85% of India's population lived in villages during the 16th-17th centuries.
  • The village was the basic unit of agricultural society.
  • Peasants did seasonal work throughout the year: tilling, sowing, harvesting, and processing agro-based goods like sugar and oil.
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2. Irrigation, Technology, and Crop Diversity

  • Babur observed that the greater part of Hindustan was level land and that running water was scarce in many areas.
  • Two irrigation devices described in northern India were the Persian wheel and the bucket system.
  • The Persian wheel used ropes, pitchers, and a bullock-driven mechanism to lift water from wells.
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3. Village Community, Panchayat, and Caste

  • The village community had three main parts: cultivators, the panchayat, and the village headman.
  • The panchayat was an assembly of elders and was usually a heterogeneous body in mixed-caste villages.
  • It was an oligarchy with hereditary property rights.
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4. Women in Agrarian Society

  • Men and women worked side by side in agriculture.
  • Men usually tilled and ploughed; women sowed, weeded, threshed, and winnowed.
  • Women also did spinning, pottery-related tasks, and embroidery.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Agrarian society under the Mughal Empire and its linked systems of production, revenue, power, trade, forests, and social relations

Peasants and agricultural productionIrrigation and agricultural technologyCrop diversity and agricultural cyclesVillage communityPanchayat and headmanJati panchayatVillage artisans and exchangeWomen in agrarian society

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