Question

how is present day market different from the market during Alauddin khilji​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Alauddin set up four markets in the market control policy- Galla-e-Mandi, Sarai-e- Adal, Market of Horses, Slaves, and livestock and Common Market in which Galla- e-Mandi was the most successful.

• Galla Bazar (Anaj Mandi) – In this market, various types of grains were sold at the prices fixed by the state. The market’s head was known as Shehna-e-Mandi. In this market, only those traders used to sell grains, which are registered in the office of Shehna-e-Mandi. In order to facilitate the supply of grains in this market, Alauddin recovered the land revenue in the form of grains instead of cash and the markets were authorized to bring grains from the villages to these mandis. Malik Kabul was the Shehna-e-Mandi in the time of Alauddin Khilji.
• Sarai-e-Adal (Clothe market) – Besides various types of clothes, items like herbs, ghee, oil etc. were sold in this market. The head of this market was called Rai Parvana. In this market, certain special types of textiles were sold like Tasbih, Tabrez, Kanjbhavari, Sunahri Jari, Khojje-Delhi, Sylheti, Seri-e-Bafta, Kamarbaad. In this market, Alauddin had provided the subsidy of 20 lakhs Taka to the merchants of Multan’s silky clothing to sell silky clothes at a lower price.
• The market of horses, slaves, and livestock – In this market, rates of different types of horses, animals, and slaves were fixed and tried to remove the middlemen from the market, because of which there was considerable fluctuation in the prices of goods, but Alauddin was not fully  successful in this.
• General Markets – In addition to large markets, prices of small commodities were also fixed – like sweets, vegetables, hats, stockings, slippers, comb etc.

Answer 2

Answer:Alauddin fixed the prices for a wide range of goods, including grains, cloth, slaves and animals. He banned hoarding and regrating, appointed supervisors and spies to ensure compliance with the regulations, and severely punished the violators.

In the early 14th century, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296-1316) instituted ... The reforms were implemented in the capital Delhi, and possibly, other areas of the Sultanate. ... While Bijapuri was not a contemporary of Alauddin, he may have had access to other lost works that described these reforms.

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