give reasons for the empty treasury during the muhammad tughlaq region.give reasons for diabetes during the Muhammad Tughlaq feature
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq is known for some of his schemes and policies which failed disastrously over the period of time.
Muhammad bin Tughlaq transfered his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad. He did this primarily because of two reasons:
Daulatabad was centrally located and was equidistance from Delhi and other important places.
Since Delhi was within the reach of the Mongols, Daulatabad appeared to be at a safe distance from the possible Mongol attacks in the future.
It is said that he ordered most of thepeople of Delhi to shift to Daulatabad. There was resentment among the people as they did not want to shift from Delhi. As 1,500 km journey was arduous, many people died on the way and the survivors were not able to adjust to the new conditions. Without the king, Delhi now became prone to the Mongol attacks. Later, Muhammad bin Tughlaq again shifted his capital back to Delhi.
Token CurrencyMuhammad bin Tughlaq is crticised for his failed experiment with the token currency. The scarcity of silver and abundance of copper and bronze metal prompted the sultan to issue copper coins bearing same value as that of silver coins.
However, the new copper coins bearing the same value as the silversilver coin did not had any complicated design on it and could be easily forged.
People started minting coins in their houses. The forged copper coins flooded the markets. Situation became worse when the traders and merchants refused to accept these coins. Economy came to a stand still.Realising his folly, Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued genuine silver coins on the place of copper coins. This further drained the royal treasury.
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