Who were known as the 'muzarian' in the agrarian society of the Mughal Empire? |
Pair of Bullocks Villages Merchants and Traders Peasants |
Peasants |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Peasants "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. " |