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Pre Mughal Era Case Study
2.1) Property law in PRE-MUGHAL PERIOD:
Before Mughals period tenure system of ownership of land during ancient period is too. The question arises on ownership of land has been very large discussion issue amongst economic historians, which led them in a conclusions which are largely confined into two options, first is the state ownership and second is the peasant ownership.
There are many combinations of the states & peasant rights which have been suggested earlier. The king don’t have any kind of property right over the land, whereas exception is right to a share of the production in the return of the affording protection to his subjects.
If a person proprietor exercised only for a qualified ownership over his property, the the king became
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The peasants as individual enjoy having the right to use their land as long as they cultivating it. Sir Henry Maine, pointed out that each of the family have a duty to submit the cultivation and pasturage as per the common rule. The Grazing of the ground & the forest tracing were adjoined the village with the common ownership for the communities of the entire village. The share of production paid by the peasants is generally considered as a revenue. The method of the actual division is that, the peasant’s production or the state’s share on it was estimated by the inspection of the quantity of growing …show more content…
The King has right to levy the taxes, which was justified by the facts which gave his subjects protection, the peasant can be ejected by the king from his holding; while the peasant has a right which is based on the basis of the merchant's right to merchandise as payment of tax have no interference with proprietary rights, similarly the peasant paid the taxes which allow his right over the holdings. The peasant has to face natural attitude of the Muslim ruler towards the holding, as per Muslim legal system, the person who cultivate on his land, is the owner of the land. The Muslim law principle over ownership of the land by the peasant, had never been questioned.
The system of sharing, appraisement and measurement established by Mughals. Emperor Akbar considered such agrarian reforms as important task for his own reasons. The Mughal Empire during their reign to expand then they had to maintain a large numbers of military officers and administrative. Mughal Emperor Akbar introduces the Mansabdari system for land revenue collection. From condition being more chaotic, Akbar compelled to initiate the reforms in administration and in land revenue

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