Identify the correct statement related to classification of land under Akbar.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → ‘Parauti’ is land left out of cultivation for a time that it may recover its strength.
Option (1) ‘Polaj’ is land that has lain fallow for three or four years. — Incorrect. Polaj is land annually cultivated for each crop in succession and never allowed to lie fallow; land fallow for three or four years is chachar.
Option (2) ‘Chachar’ is land which was uncultivated for five years. — Incorrect. Chachar is land that has lain fallow for three or four years; land uncultivated for five years and more is banjar.
Option (3) ‘Banjar’ is a land which was annually cultivated. — Incorrect. Banjar is land uncultivated for five years and more; annually cultivated land is polaj.
Option (4) ‘Parauti’ is land left out of cultivation for a time that it may recover its strength. — Correct. This is the Ain’s own description of parauti.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 8: Peasants, Zamindars and the State (2026-27)
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