Write about the administration of Ahom state
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The Ahom state depended upon forced labour. Those forced to work for the state were known as paiks. A census of the population was taken. Each village had to send a number of paiks by rotation. People of densely populated areas were shifted to thinly populated areas. Ahom clans were thus broken up. By the first half of the 17th century, the administration became quite centralized.
The Ahom state depended upon forced labour. Those forced to work for the state were known as paiks. A census of the population was taken. Each village had to send a number of paiks by rotation. People of densely populated areas were shifted to thinly populated areas. Ahom clans were thus broken up. By the first half of the 17th century, the administration became quite centralized.Ahom society was divided into clans or khels. A khel often controlled several villages. The peasant was given land by his village community and not even the king could take the land away without the Community's consent.
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The Mughals invaded the Ahom kingdom under Mir Jumla in 1662, and the Ahoms were defeated despite their valiant defence. The Ahom state relied on forced labour and the 'Paiks' were forced to work for the state.
The administration became centralised by the first half of the seventeenth century. The adult males used to serve the army during the war and the rest of the time they used to work in building dams, irrigation systems and other public work. The Ahom state was divided into clans or khels