Which of the following pairs of a method of revenue collection in kind and its description, as given in the Ain, is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Khet-batai - the fields are divided after they are sown
Option (1) Kankut - the crops are reaped and stacked and divided by agreement — Incorrect. Reaping, stacking and dividing by agreement is <strong>batai</strong>. Kankut meant <strong>estimating the grain</strong>.
Option (2) Khet-batai - the fields are divided after they are sown — Correct. In khet-batai the <strong>fields were divided after they were sown</strong>, before the harvest.
Option (3) Lang batai - the crops are estimated in three lots, the good, the middling and the inferior — Incorrect. Estimating crops in three lots was the check used in <strong>kankut</strong> when doubts arose. Lang batai meant dividing heaps of cut grain.
Option (4) Bhaoli - the grain is cut, formed into heaps and divided, and each takes his share home — Incorrect. Bhaoli was another name for <strong>batai</strong>. Dividing heaps of cut grain so each took his share home was <strong>lang batai</strong>.
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