Question

During the period of Akbar,
there was a revenue system in which
the revenue was fixed on the total
production of the village. Can you
identify that revenue system? HTC
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Answer 1

zabt

Akbar, introduced a new system of revenue known as zabt and a system of taxation called dahshala. He took a careful survey of crop yields and prices cultivated for a 10-year period 1570–1580. On this basis, tax was fixed on each crop in cash.