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Mughal countryside bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Abu'l Fazl's record of 1598.
    Item
    Ain-i Akbari
  2. Clue
    Persian word for peasant.
    Item
    Raiyat
  3. Clue
    Perfect cash crops.
    Item
    Jins-i kamil
  4. Clue
    Village headman.
    Item
    Muqaddam
  5. Clue
    Zamindar's own property land.
    Item
    Milkiyat
  6. Clue
    Revenue assessed.
    Item
    Jama
  7. Clue
    Land fallow five years or more.
    Item
    Banjar
  8. Clue
    Estimating grain on the stalk.
    Item
    Kankut
  9. Clue
    Ahom soldier paid with land.
    Item
    Paik
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation

_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 8, Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire._
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