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प्रश्न
Examine the sources to know about Mughal rural society.
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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.
Which of the following crops was introduced into India via Africa and Spain?
Which of the following crops were considered as jins-i-Kamil?
______ was an important Jins-i-Kamil of Central India.
Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?
______ was the court historian of Akbar.
Identify which of the following was not correct in the context of the Mughal Empire.
The basic unit of agricultural society during the Mughal period was ______.
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 average peasant of North India possess more than ______.
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?
Which is autumn crop?
Babur Nama was written by ______.
Peasants holding six acres of land were considered wealthy in the State of ______.
Cotton was grown over a great swathe of territory spread over:
Ain-i-Akbari authored by Abul Fazl during the reign of ______.
