Arrange the following administrative divisions under the Mughal system in a hierarchy, from top to bottom.
(A) Sarkar
(B) Subas
(C) Mughal Empire
(D) Village
(E) Pargana
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (B), (A), (E), (D)
(C) Mughal Empire — the whole empire, at the top, was divided into provinces.
(B) Subas — the provinces of the empire; the Ain gives details of each suba first.
(A) Sarkar — the division below the suba; the Ain describes the sarkars after the suba.
(E) Pargana — an administrative subdivision of a Mughal province, below the sarkar.
(D) Village — the smallest unit; the revenue officials of the parganas recorded the conditions of cultivation village by village.
NCERT (2026-27): “9. The Ain-i Akbari, the third book, was organised … The third book, mulk-abadi, is the one which deals with the fiscal side of the empire and provides rich quantitative information on revenue rates, followed by the ‘Account of the Twelve Provinces’. This section has detailed statistical information, which includes the geographic, topographic and economic profile of all subas and their administrative and fiscal divisions (sarkars, parganas and mahals), total measured area, and assessed revenue ( jama ). After setting out details at the suba level, the Ain goes on to give a detailed picture of the sarkars below the suba.… …Pargana was an administrative subdivision of a Mughal province.”
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