Which of the following terms was used to denote the peasants during Mughal Period?

A) Raiyat
B) Ryotwari
C) Muzarian
D) Asami
E) Aseem

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

A, C and D

The correct answer is Option 2 - A, C and D

A) Raiyat
C) Muzarian
D) Asami

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. The former were residents of the village in which they held their lands. The latter were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became pahi-kashta either out of choice – for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable – or out of compulsion – for example, forced by economic distress after a famine.