Question

The revenue system under the mughals ​

Answer 1

The land revenue system introduced by Akbar continued throughout the Mughal period with more or less no change. The system appears to have worked very satisfactorily. ... Though the land revenue was the chief source of state revenue, it resorted to certain other taxes to supplement its income.

Answer 2

Revenue System under Mughals

Explanation:

• The main source of revenue was the tax paid by the peasantry.
• Peasants paid taxes through the rural elites,that is the headmen or the local cheiftain.
• Raja Todar Mal, Akbar's revenue minister introduced a land revenue system called Todar Mal's Bandobast.

• Under this system,land was measured and divided into three categories-good,middle and bad.

• Land revenue was fixed at one-third of the produce.
• It could be either paid either in cash or kind.
• Each province was divided into revenue circles with its own rates for individual crops.
• This revenue system was called zabt.
• This system was prevalent in those areas where Mughal administrators could survey the land.
• In some areas zamindars became very powerful and rebelled against Mughal authority on account of exploitation by Mughal administrators.
• These peasants revolts became common after the death of Aurangzeb