Question

why did the peasantry suffer tremendously during aurangzeb's reign? for short answer...​

Answer 1

Answer:

the peasantry had suffered a lot during the last years of Aurangzeb reason because in his last reason he has increased percentage of the land tax and revenue. which was not be affordable by poor peasants. so they suffered a lot during the last years of Aurangzeb region

Answer 2

Mansabdars, recruited by the Mughals to discharge Mughal services, received their salaries as revenue assignments known as jagirs. But most mansabdars did pot actually reside in or administer their jagirs. They only had rights to the revenue of their assignments which was collected for them by their servants while they served in some other part of the country. Akbar managed to carefully assess these jagirs so that their revenues were roughly equal to the salary of the mansabdar. But Aurangzeb failed to do this. During his reign the actual revenue collected was often less than the granted sum. There was also a huge increase in the number of mansabdars, which meant a long wait before they received a jagir. These created a shortage in the number of jagirs. As a result, many jagirdars tried to extract as much revenue as possible while they had a jagir. As Aurangzeb could not control these developments, the peasantry suffered a lot. They had to give the revenue under all circumstances which made their life miserable.