Tag: history

Ibn Battuta's accounts say that the soil was so fertile that it could produce two crops every year, rice being sown three times a year. Sesame, sugarcane, and cotton were also grown. They formed the basis of many village industries, such as oil pressing, the making of jaggery, weaving, etc. A variety of crops were grown, including food crops such as wheat, rice, and barley, and non-food cash crops such as cotton, indigo, and opium. Potato and maize were introduced from the Americas, much later with the colonization by the British. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options include potato(B, D) or maize(C), hence, incorrect. 

C.  Plunder the wealth of India

Mohammad Ghazni’s court had a famous scholar called Alberuni. He was a philosopher, mathematician, geographer and writer. He wrote a book called ‘Tariq-ul-Hind’ dealing with Indian social, economic and religious topics. 

Kharaj was a land tax imposed on the non-Muslims, Ushra was an agricultural tax imposed on Muslims, zakhat was a property tax on Muslim subjects,  whereas jizya was a religious tax on Hindus.