HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Taxes were paid only by farmers and their families.
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Only non-Muslims were required to pay taxes.
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Nobles were not required to pay taxes.
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Taxes applied to every member of the Empire.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Land comprised the main tax base, along with a few other taxes including import and export duties, and tributes from states controlled by the Mughals. Indian history emphasizes the imposition of jizya, a progressive income tax on non-Muslims with an exemption for minimum wagers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Akbar felt that the tax on pilgrims was morally incorrect, both because it was levied on people who came “in search of the light of God” and because it was not standardized but discretionary, variable according to the whim of the tax collector. He abolished the tax on pilgrims in his kingdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -The system of taxation was called Dahshala. In this system, each province was divided into revenue circles with their own rates of revenue for each crop. On this basis, the tax was fixed on each crop in cash.