Consider the following statements about Mughal administration:
- 1. The mansabdari system was a unique administrative system that combined the military and civil services.
- 2. Akbar introduced the 'Dahsala system' of land revenue assessment.
- 3. The 'jagirdari' system gave mansabdars assignments of land revenue in place of cash salaries.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
- AAll three
- BOnly one and two
- COnly one
- DNone of the above
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: (a) All three
Explanation
All three statements are correct.
- Statement 1: under the mansabdari system, which Akbar organised, every officer held a mansab (rank). The same ranks covered military commanders and civil officials, and an officer could be moved from one kind of work to the other.
- Statement 2: Akbar introduced the Dahsala (ten-year) system in 1580, worked out by Raja Todar Mal. The revenue on each crop was fixed in cash from the average produce and prices of the previous ten years.
- Statement 3: most mansabdars were paid not in cash but by a jagir, the right to collect the land revenue of an area. Those paid in cash were called *naqdi*.