Question

Describe the main features of Sher Shah administration

Answer 1

Answer:

Sher Shah Suri was benevolent ruler and was one of the greatest administrators of medieval India. He introduced many reforms and on that basis Akbar built a superstructure of Mughal administration. His administration has been centralised administration just like sultanate period.

Answer 2

The units of administration in Sher Shah's time may be said to be, in ascending order, the village, pargana, sarkar, (shiq), and may be subah. The administrators, their staff and the forces under their command seem to have been paid by assignment of the revenue of parts of the areas administered by them.