How was agriculture organised around two majorseasonal cycles duringthe 16th and 17th seasonal cycles during the 16th and 17th centuries ? Was it only for subsistence or otherwise ? Explain .

How was agriculture organised around two majorseasonal cycles duringth

1.	How was agriculture organised around two majorseasonal cycles duringthe 16th and 17th seasonal cycles during the 16th and 17th centuries ? Was it only for subsistence or otherwise ? Explain .
Answer» Solution :(i) Agriculture was organized around two major seasonal cycles, the KHARIF (autumn)and the rabi (spring) .Thisensured an enormous variety of produce for instance . (ii)We are told inthe Ain that the Mughalprovinces of Agra produced 39 varieties ofbasicstaples did notmean that agriculture in medieval India was only for subsistence. (iv)Crops such as cotton and sugarcane were jins-i-kamil PAR excellence. This shows how subsistence and commercial productions were closely intertwined in an average peasant.s holding. During theseventeenth centuryseveral new crops from different parts of the worldreached the Indian subcontinent. Vegetables LIKE tomatoes, POTATOES and chillies were introduced from the new world at this TIME as were furits like the pineapple and the papaya