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What principles did the Mughal state follow while classifying lands in its territories ? How was revenue assessed ? |
Answer» Solution :(i) During the Mughal state the CLASSIFICATION of LANDS was based on productivity and continuation of cultivation. (ii)The land that remained continually under cultivation and PAID full land revenue demand was classified as .polaj. . (iii)Land that remained fallow intermittently and paid full rates as and when Parauti. (IV)Land whichhad been fallow for three or four years due to different causes as inundation were brought under a progress-iveland revenue policy. (v)full rates were applied when fully brought under cultivation. They were called .chachar.. (VI)Cultivable waste land or .banjar. paid full and revenuerates in the fifthor eight year of cultivation. State helped in bringing virgin and uncultivated waste land under cultivation. (vii)Regularity of cultivationwas kept in mind before fixing the revenue. Land of first two types was categorised further into good, middling and bad produce. (viii)Produceof each sort was added together andthird of this counted themediumproduce, one third of which was exacted as the royal due or revenue assessment. |
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