Question

what are the draw backs of the barter system? why do you think it was discontinued?

Answer 1

the drawback of barter system is that sometimes expensive thing is exchanged in place of cheap thing thats why this was discontinued by Alauddin khilji

Answer 2

1. In this system, coincidence of wants was necessary.
2. It was time consuming.
3. Quantity of a good could not be decided by the buyer