Readthe passage given below and answer the questionsthat follow :Classification of lands under AkbarThe following is a listing of criteria of classification excerpted from the Ain:The Emperor Akbar in his profound sagacity classified the lands and fixed a different revenue to bepaid by each. Polaj is land which is annually cultivated for each crop in succession and in never allowed to liefallow. Parauti is land left our of cultivation for atimethatit may recover its strength. Chachar is land that haslain fallow for three or four years. Banjar is land uncultivated for five years and more. Of the first two kinds of land , there are three classes,good middling, and bad. They add together the produce of each sort, and the third of thisrepresentsthe medium produce, one-third partof which is exacted as the Royal dues.(i) From where thisexcerpt has been taken?Who is the author of it How wasthe land classified ? (iii)Write any two characteristics of land revenue policy of Akbar.

Readthe passage given below and answer the questionsthat follow :Class

1.	Readthe passage given below and answer the questionsthat follow :Classification of lands under AkbarThe following is a listing of criteria of classification excerpted from the Ain:The Emperor Akbar in his profound sagacity classified the lands and fixed a different revenue to bepaid by each. Polaj is land which is annually cultivated for each crop in succession and in never allowed to liefallow. Parauti is land left our of cultivation for atimethatit may recover its strength. Chachar is land that haslain fallow for three or four years. Banjar is land uncultivated for five years and more. Of the first two kinds of land , there are three classes,good middling, and bad. They add together the produce of each sort, and the third of thisrepresentsthe medium produce, one-third partof which is exacted as the Royal dues.(i) From where thisexcerpt has been taken?Who is the author of it How wasthe land classified ? (iii)Write any two characteristics of land revenue policy of Akbar.
Answer» Solution :i. This excerpt has been taken from Ain-i Akari, written by Abu.l Fazl ii.Land was classified into FOUR types. These types were : (a) Polaj(b)PARAUTI (c)CHACHAR(d)Banjar iii.(a) The peasant had the freedom to PAY land revenue in kind or cash (b)To promote agriculture he (Akbar) grantedmany facilities (c)The land revenue was viried from land to land.