In the Ahom state of the Brahmaputra valley, the people who had to work for the state as forced labour were called:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Paiks
The Ahom state depended on forced labour. Those who were obliged to work for the state were called paiks; a census of the population was taken and each village had to send a number of paiks by rotation.