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Question
How revenue from the land was the economic mainstay of the Mughal Empire? Explain with examples.
Solution
- The state to create an administrative apparatus to ensure control over agricultural production and to fix and collect revenue from across the length and breadth of the rapidly expanding empire.
- The office (daftar) of the diwan was responsible for supervising the fiscal system of the empire.
- The land revenue · agreements were divided into two phases: assessment and actual collection. The amount assessed was known as "Jama," and the amount collected from the cultivators was known as "Hasil".
- Under Akbar's rule, growers could make cash or kind payments. The state attempted to fix revenue to maximise its claims. Both cultivated and arable lands were counted in each province.
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| List I | List II |
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