Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a-  During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, about 85% of the population of India lived in villages.

b- In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries rural India was characterized by settled peasant production alone.

Only statement a is correct.

Correct statement b- In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, rural India was not characterized by settled peasant production alone. Several kinds of areas such as large tracts of dry land or hilly regions were not cultivable in the same way as the more fertile expanses of land. In addition, forest areas made up a substantial proportion of the territory.