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Which term did Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period most often use for a peasant?In seventeenth-century sources, what was a khud-kashta peasant?Pahi-kashta cultivators in Mughal India were peasants who A farm of how many acres made a Bengal peasant a rich asami?Who wrote about Indian villages being quickly abandoned and resettled in his memoirs, the Babur Nama?In Lahore and Dipalpur, what animal turned the wheel that lifted water in pitchers from wells?Which canal in the Punjab was repaired by the state during Shah Jahan's reign?Which method of sowing was the most widespread among Mughal-era peasants?Agriculture in Mughal India followed which two seasonal cycles?The term do-fasla for Mughal farming refers to regions that produced According to the Ain, how many varieties of rice alone did Bengal produce?What does jins-i kamil, used in Mughal sources, literally mean?Which pair of crops was jins-i kamil par excellence?Maize reached India in the seventeenth century by which route?Which of these was brought to India from the New World around the seventeenth century?Which Mughal emperor tried to ban tobacco smoking because of its addiction?By about how much did India's population grow between 1600 and 1800, according to economic historians?Which three elements made up the Mughal village community?The village headman in Mughal sources was known as Agricultural labourers and menials in Mughal villages were called Among Muslim communities, which menials were housed outside village boundaries?The Ahirs, Gujars and Malis rose in the caste hierarchy mainly because of The village panchayat in Mughal India was best described as Who assisted the village headman in preparing village accounts?Panchayat funds were used for which of these purposes?The most drastic punishment a village panchayat could inflict was Besides the village panchayat, each caste in a Mughal village had its own Villagers petitioning panchayats in Rajasthan and Maharashtra complained about the unpaid labour called If a compromise failed, what drastic resistance did aggrieved peasants often use?Village surveys show artisans could form about what share of village households?In Maharashtra, land given to village artisans became their hereditary holding called Nineteenth-century British officials viewed the Indian village as a Which French traveller remarked that almost every Indian village had a money-changer called a Shroff?In Mughal agriculture, which tasks were mainly done by women?Many rural and artisan communities required which payment at marriage because wives were scarce?The famous eighteenth-century Rajshahi zamindari in Bengal was headed by What share of the subcontinent did informed estimates suggest forests covered on average in this period?In Mughal texts, a forest dweller was termed The Mughal state saw forests as a mawas, meaning The peshkash levied on forest people often included a supply of Which forest product became a major item of overseas export in the seventeenth century?In Assam, the Ahom kings had people obliged to give military service for land, called Which tribe in the Punjab was engaged in overland trade between India and Afghanistan?Who are credited with a major role in spreading Islam among new agricultural communities in forested regions?Zamindars' personal lands, which they could sell or mortgage freely, were called Most zamindars kept fortresses known as Zamindars earned their elevated status partly by performing which services for the state?The Ain gives the combined cavalry of Mughal zamindars as about The economic mainstay of the Mughal Empire was Which official's office (daftar) supervised the fiscal system of the Mughal Empire?In Mughal revenue terms, what was the jama?Akbar's instructions to the amil-guzar on mode of payment said he should In which year did Aurangzeb order officials to record the number of cultivators in each village annually?Under Akbar's classification, land cultivated every year and never left fallow was Land left uncultivated for five years or more was called The Ain says one-third of the medium produce was taken as The system of dividing harvested and stacked crops by agreement was called Most Mughal mansabdars were paid through Why did so much silver bullion flow into India in this period?Which Italian traveller described how the world's silver ended up in the Mughal Empire?Which Mughal court historian compiled the Ain-i Akbari for Akbar?The Ain-i Akbari forms which part of the Akbar Nama?The Ain deals with the imperial household and its maintenance in its book called The fiscal side of the empire, with revenue rates and provincial statistics, appears in the Ain's book called Why does the Ain's account of peasants remain limited as a source?The word zamindar comes from Persian, where it means The Baro-Bhuyans of the Bhati region were a confederation of how many zamindars?Who wrote the book Agrarian System of Mughal India, discussing the role of zamindars?Which historian divided zamindars into autonomous chiefs, intermediary and primary zamindars?