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Which of the Sultans measured the land for fixing land revenue?

  1. Alauddin Khilji

  2. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

  3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

  4. Sikandar Lodi


Select the correct answer from using the codes given below:
Options:
A .  1 and 3 only
B .  1, 2 and 3 only
C .  1 and 2 only
D .  1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
The sultans who measured the land for fixing land revenue were Alauddin Khalji, Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and Muhammad bin Tughlaq. There were four categories of land.
The first was the iqta. For the purpose of administration and revenue collection, the state was parcelled out into tracts called iqtas under iqtadars on muqtis. Three types of land revenues were levied from the farmers. Kharaj-e-Jiziya, Charai and Ghari.
He got the whole land measured and then fixed the share of the state on the basis of a pattern called Vishva. According to Barni, Charai was levied from cows and other milchy animals.
Farishta states that a pair of oxen, a pair of buffaloes, two cows and ten goats were free from the tax-net. In addition, Ghari was a less important tax which was levied from time to time on some special occasions.

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