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Bring out the significance of the reign of Sher Shah in the history of India.

  • UPSC 1986
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

Sher Shah Suri ruled barely five years (1540-1545), yet the institutions he built outlasted his own dynasty by decades.

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  • Recasting the Nature of Kingship
  • Overhauling the Land-Revenue System
  • Currency and Fiscal Standardization
  • Roads, Sarais, and the Infrastructure of Trade
  • Military Reorganization and Justice
  • Forerunner of Akbar

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