According to Ain-i-Akbari, the land which was annually cultivated for each crop in succession and was never allowed to lie fallow was called:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Polaj
Option (1) Banjar — Incorrect. Banjar was land uncultivated for five years and more, the opposite of land used every year.
Option (2) Chachar — Incorrect. Chachar was land that had lain fallow for three or four years.
Option (3) Parauti — Incorrect. Parauti was land left out of cultivation for a time so that it might recover its strength.
Option (4) Polaj — Correct. In the Ain-i Akbari, polaj is land annually cultivated for each crop in succession and never allowed to lie fallow.
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