Multiple choice

The donees in the Gupta age

  1. had no right to evict the peasant from their land

  2. had no right to evict till the peasant paid tax perfectly

  3. had right to evict the peasant at will

  4. had right to evict the peasant at the will of the community
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In the Gupta period, land grants (agrahara) often included conditions regarding the peasantry. The donee was generally restricted from evicting peasants as long as they fulfilled their tax obligations to the state or the grantee.

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