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In the Mughal period, who were identified as pahi-kashta peasants? |
Peasants who were residents of the village in which they held their lands. Peassants having large amount of land and rural magnates. Peasants who tilt their own land out of choice. Non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. |
Non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. " The term which Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period most frequently used to denote a peasant was raiyat (plural, riaya) or muzarian. In addition, we also encounter the terms kisan or asami. Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants – khud-kashta and pahi-kashta. The former were residents of the village in which they held their lands. The latter were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became pahi-kashta either out of choice – for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable – or out of compulsion – for example, forced by economic distress after a famine." |
