Mughal Administration (Patna University Readership Lectures, 1920)

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Excerpt from Mughal Administration: Patna University Readership Lectures, 1920

Taxation of Land

Indian peasants reluctant to pay revenue, 102 - reasons, 102 - the ryot how treated, 105 - abwabs or exactions condemned by Emperors, 107 - but levied by lower officials, 108 - anecdote of Shah Jahan, 108 - doings of an extortionate diwan, 110 - Sadullah's censure of revenue collectors, 112 - why revenue officials levied perquisites, 112 - krori's duties, 114 - amin, 116 - qanungo, 118 - abwabs classified, 120 - described in detail, 121.

Mughal Rule: Its achievements and failure

Mughal rule gave India administrative union and homogeneity, 129 - but no nationality, 130 - Muslim gifts: history, 131 - contact with the outer world, 132 - monotheistic Hindu sects, 134 - Sufi brotherhood, 135 - social manners of N. India Islamised, 136 - architecture and art, 137 - strength of the Muslim position in India, 139 - Muhammadan settlers Indianised, 140 - disruptive forces in State, 142 - decline of the aristocracy, 144 - people make no progress, 145 - causes of deterioration of Indian Muhammadans, 146 - weakness of oriental monarchies, 148 - the lessons of Indian history, 151.

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