Multiple choice

The donee in the Gupta age

  1. had the right to evict the peasant at the will of the community

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

  3. had the right to evict the peasant at will

  4. had no right to evict the peasant from his land
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The donee in the Gupta age had no right to evict till the peasant paid tax perfectly. Six land grants of Gupta period were given to the Brahmanas by the feudatories or Samantas in Central India. The inhabitants of those land-grants were asked not only to pay the customary tax to the beneficiaries, but also obey their orders. 

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