• Shershah Suri was an Afghan ruler who established his rule in Delhi.
• He ruled only for 5 years but became quite famous as a great reformer.
• He was more famous as a reformer than a warrior.

Reforms:

• With the help of Todarmal, he classified land on the basis of its type and productivity. Based on this classification, both of them prepared a table for collecting land revenue.
• When Akbar came into power, he followed the same method of revenue collection.
• Shershah removed octroi so that trade and transport of goods could increase.
• He also constructed roads to increase the trade and for the convenience of pedestrians.

Famous roads were constructed between

1. Agra and Barhanpur,
2. Agra and Marwar and
3. Lahore and Mulan during his reign.

• Trees were planted on both sides of the roads. Guesthouses and inns were constructed on the highways for the comfort of travellers.
• He established mint houses so that uniform silver coins could be produced.
• He was very strict about the discipline of the army.
• He strictly ordered his army not to harass the villagers and also took care that the army did not destroy the crops while marching.
• Local police officers, known as Kotwal, were responsible for recording crimes in their books during his rule.
• Shershah himself was very active and he always kept others also motivated by making them wort hard.