Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughlaq faced similar
challenges but tackled them in different ways. How was their
approach different? Justify. Give at least two reasons in
support of your answer.
Answers
Answer:
Comparison between the Administration of Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughlaq.
Administration of Alauddin Khalji
1) He increased his large standing army to protect from invasion (defensive measure) because Delhi was attacked twice, in 1299/1300 AD and 1302-03 AD.
2) His administrative measures like Military Reforms, Revenue Reforms and Economic Reforms (Market Regulations) were quite successful. He successfully withstood the threat of Mongol invasions.
Administration of Muhammad Tughlaq
1) He increased his large standing army to attack on Transoxiana.
2) His administrative measures like shifting of capital; plans to invade Transoxiana and disbanded his large army; raising of taxes and famine in the Ganga-Yamuna belt led to widespread rebellion; and token system were failure measures.
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was one of the most interesting personalities of Medieval Indian history because he is popularly called by scholars as an intelligent fool; while Alauddin Khilji was a well-known personality of Medieval India as an efficient reformer and mighty ruler.