Question

Give reasons:

Sher Khan was able to strengthen his position in Bengal and Bihar.

Answer 1

Sher Khan was able to strengthen his position in Bengal and Bihar because of following reasons:

1. Sher Shah personally supervised the recruitment and training of his soldiers who had to maintain strict discipline.
2. He revived Sultan Alauddin’s measures of branding horses (dagh) and maintaining descriptive rolls of soldiers (chehra).
3. He paid regular salary based on their skills.
4. He set up forts and garrisons in different parts of the em­pire for speedy deployment of soldiers.
5. Sher Shah kept a close watch over all his officials. He set up a spy system to know about the happenings in all parts of the empire.The officials were transferred every 2-3 years to prevent them from becoming corrupt or powerful.