Question

salient features of indian feudalism

Answer 1

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER: -
1. A simple mode of production :-Feudalism represents a low level of technique in which the instruments of production are simple and generally inexpensive.

2. Production for consumption :-
Production in a feudal society is organized to meet the need of the household or a village community. Production is not meant for exchange . The feudal economy is a natural economy; its main object is consumption.

3. Political decentralization :-
In the feudal era the State becomes less powerful. There is usually no strong unified central government. The most significant economic and political functions are discharged by the feudal aristocracy.

4. Based on custom :
It was an economic society organized by tradition. Tradition solved the economic problem. Tradition directed men to their tasks. Tradition also regulated the distribution of social rewards.

Answer 2

Answer:

The practice of feudalism is first studied in the European context later applied to Indian conditions, here are some silent features of Indian Feudalism:

a) The land assigned to nobles was directly ruled by them with the condition of providing military assistance at the time, it needed.

b) These middlemen were responsible for collecting taxes in the area assigned to them.

c) The nobles were called by different names in different regions like zamindars, taluqdars, deshmukhs, jagirdar, etc.

d) It makes the central authority weak and sometimes even eliminated by feudal lords.