HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rights of slaves
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Property of women
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Forced labour
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Irrigation tax
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: [B] Forced Labor. Notes: In the Gupta Era, the term Vishti referred to Forced labor. The empire obtained their percentage of the material surplus through the power of arms in the kind of taxes like Shulka, Bali and Kar etc., forced labor like Balutam and Vishti, and other perquisites.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vishti was forced labour in lieu of tax and therefore not entitled to weekly wages. Anyone can be sent as the forced labourer, not particularly from the eldest son of the labourer. Most of the inscriptions refers to Vishti as more prevalent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of the Gupta Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Vithi” was a part of “Vishaya". A group or collection of villages was called “Pethaka” and “Santaka". Smaller units of a village were “Agrahara” and “Patta". A Sandivigraha was the minister for foreign affairs. They were mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Statement 3 is incorrect: Vishti was the tax paid in the form of work (forced labour) and export duty was called Nishkramya.