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Describe caste and rural of Maghal India. How did jatiPanchayats wield considerablepower in the rural society during Mughal period? Classify.

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Solution :Caste and rural milieu :
(i)The cultivators were categorisedand divided into various groups because of caste and other caste related distinctions.
(ii)Large number of tillers of land included the people who worked as agricultural labourers (Majurs) and forced to like a life in poverty.
(iii) Direct relation between caste, poverty and social status among lower class of society was observed. These relations existed at intermediate level hardly.
(IV) Castes like Ahirs, Gujjars and malis rosein social hierarchy DUE to increase in POSITIVE accessibility in occupatiosn as- cattlerearing and horticulture. In the eastern parts of the COUNTRY , intermediate pastoral and fishing castes, acquired the status of farmers .
Jati Panchayats :
(i)Other than village Panchayats, Jati panchayats were in villages. These panchayats were very powerful in society.
(ii)Caste panchayats in Rajasthan used to solve civil DISPUTES among people of different caste.
(iii)They resolved disputes related to claims of land. They ensured that if marriages take place as per the caste restrictions or not.
(iv)They also fixed who had ritual precedence in village function. Except criminal broad cases state used to respect the decisions taken by Jati Panchavats.


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