Question

Identify the technologies and agricultural practices described in this section that appear similar to or different from those described in “Kings, Farmers and Towns.”

Answer 1

1. In both periods, farmers depended mainly on agriculture and irrigation for growing crops.
2. Wells, tanks and canals were used to provide water to the fields in both periods.
3. In the Mughal period, devices such as the Persian wheel, buckets, ropes and bullocks were used to lift water from wells.
4. Farmers used ploughs and animal power for cultivation in both periods.
5. During the Mughal period, agriculture had become more developed, and a greater variety of crops was grown.
6. Cash crops such as cotton, sugarcane and indigo became more important during the Mughal period.

Therefore, while some basic farming methods remained similar, irrigation techniques and crop production became more developed over time.