INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIAVAL INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Chauth and Sardeshmukhi were paid by
A
Mughlai
B
Pilgrims
C
Foreign visitors
D
Mansabdars
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Marathas were granted the right to collect Chauth and Sardeshmukhi by the Mughals in exchange for a promise to not raid adjoining Mughal territories. Chauth and sardeshmukhi were the taxes collected not in the Maratha kingdom but in the neighbouring territories of the Mughal empire or Deccan Sultanates .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mughal emperor Rafi-ud-Darajat had granted the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi rights to Raja Shahu over the six Mughal subas of the Deccan in February 1719.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chauth and Sardeshmukhi were two types of taxes collected in India, which were particularly collected by the Maratha Empire during the medieval times in our history.

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