Which of the following statements are true in the context of account of Francois Bernier about Indian society?

All of the above.

Francois Bernier's and Indian society:

Bernier's descriptions about India influenced Western theorists from the eighteenth century onwards.

The French philosopher Montesquieu, for instance, used account of Bernier to develop the idea of oriental despotism, according to which rulers in Asia (the Orient or the East) enjoyed absolute authority over their subjects.

This idea of Bernier was further developed as the concept of the Asiatic mode of production by Karl Marx in the nineteenth century. He argued that in India (and other Asian countries), before colonialism, the surplus was appropriated by the state.