answer the following :
3) Discus three failed policies of Muhammad - bin tughlaq .
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ANSWER:
1. Revenue Reforms:
The main motive of the Sultan was to introduce a uniform standard of land revenue throughout his empire and to see that no village remained un-assessed. However, nothing is known about the advantages of this scheme. It is also not clear whether the Sultan kept in view the differences in the quality of land on the basis of produce and the difference in its prices at different places.
2. Taxation in Doab:
it is certain that taxes were increased and at a time when there had been a famine in the Doab owing to the failure of rains. Therefore, the peasants, instead of paying the taxes abandoned their lands and adopted highway robbery. The tax collectors continued to collect taxes by oppression which resulted in widespread revolts. The Sultan suppressed the revolts severely.
3. Attempt to Improve Agriculture:
Muhammad Tughluq established a separate department of agriculture and appointed a minister, Amir-i-kohi, to look after it. The main object of this department was to increase the land under cultivation. Besides, according to Dr A.L. Srivastava, “a large tract of land, sixty miles square in area, was chosen for state-farming. The land was cultivated and different crops were sown in rotation.”