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प्रश्न
Examine the sources to know about Mughal rural society.
उत्तर
- Archaeological sources such as monuments, wall paintings, and other artefacts provide descriptions of Mughal society. Different facets of Mughal society are described in the chronicles and documents of the time.
- Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl describes the measures taken by the government to ensure tax collection and crop cultivation. Additionally, it discusses how the government and zamindars interact. Gives a summary of Akbar's sphere of influence. It explains how a solid ruling class preserved social harmony and portrayed any rebellion against the potent Mughal state as doomed to failure.
- Revenue records from Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan from the 17th and 18th centuries contain information. The agrarian relations in eastern India are helpfully described in the archives of the East India Company.
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Answer in 100-150 words
To what extent is it possible to characterise agricultural production in the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries as subsistence agriculture? Give reasons for your answer.
What was the basic unit of agricultural society?
Who was the author of Ain-i-Akbari?
Which of the following crops were considered as jins-i-Kamil?
What do you understand by the term Khud-Kashta?
Which of the following crops was banned by Jahangir?
During the Mughal Empire, what was Jins-i-Kamil?
______ was the court historian of Akbar.
Identify which of the following was not correct in the context of the Mughal Empire.
Abu'l Fazl was a court historian of which Mughal emperor?
The term which Ind-Persian sources of Mughal period frequently used to devote a peasant was ______.
The rice producing zone receives ______ inches rainfall or more.
Which crop was introduced in India via Africa and Spain?
Which of the following lands is annually cultivated for each crop in succession?
Select the correct statements.
- Men and women worked together in the fields.
- Agricultural production was based on labour.
- The commercialised product decreased the demand of women's labour.
- Women tilled and ploughed the fields.
Which is autumn crop?
Babur Nama was written by ______.
Peasants holding six acres of land were considered wealthy in the State of ______.
According to economic historians, the total population of India between 1600 AD and 1800 AD was ______.
Cotton was grown over a great swathe of territory spread over:
What was the reason for people to become Pahi-Kashta during Mughal Period?
