INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the post-Gupta period the land charters created a considerable class of landed magnates who were given not only the right to collect taxes but also some right to maintain law and order. Perhaps the major portion of land continued to be in possession of free peasants, who paid revenues directly to the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many important changes happened in Indian society in the post Gupta period. The land grants facilitated feudal development in India from the fifth century AD onwards. The peasants stayed in the land granted to the feudal lords. The villages transferred to these were termed as Sthana-Jana-Sahita and Janata Samriddha.

Detailed explanation-3: -Land-grants grew in number in the Gupta and especially post-Gupta times and became widespread throughout the country. Land grants were made to brahmanas and religious establishments like temples and monasteries on a large scale by kings, chiefs, members of the royal family and their feudatories.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gupta Empire’s people were divided into five classes according to Hinduism. The highest level was made up of Brahmin (priests and teachers), Kshatriya (rulers and warriors), Vaishya (merchants and artisans), and Sudra (the lowest) (unskilled workers).