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Question
Give Reason why:
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq’s toktn currency failed.
Solution
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq’s token currency failed because the token currency was made of copper and brass and had equal value as silver and gold coins. However, the experiment failed because people started forging these coins at their homes.
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| 1. Jalaluddin Khilji | (a) Shahna |
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| 6. Firoz Shah Tuqhlaq | (f) Afghan |
| 7. Sikandar Lodi | (g) Welfare schemes |
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Most historians have traced the failure of Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s schemes to his _____________.
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a diligent ruler who undertook projects that were brilliantly conceived and executed.
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s of increasing the taxes in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab region led to the development of agriculture in that region
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