Question
How did the new social groups come into being?

Answer

  • The state depended on local bankers and mahajans for loans.
  • It sold the right to collect tax to the highest bidders.
  • These 'revenue farmers' (ijaradars) agreed to pay the state a fixed sum of money.
  • Local bankers guaranteed the payment of this contracted amount to the state.
  • In turn, the revenue-farmers were given considerable freedom in the assessment and collection of taxes.
  • These developments allowed new social groups, like moneylenders and bankers, to influence the management of the state’s revenue system.
  • It was something which had not occurred in the past.

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