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Critically analyse whether the success of the Mughals is to be credited to their robust Jagirdari and Mansabdari system.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Akbar

The mansabdari-jagirdari system fused military rank, salary, and revenue assignment into a single administrative device, and it is tempting to read the 16th-17th century Mughal empire's expansion and durability as its direct product.

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  • The Case For: A Genuine Engine of Integration and Efficiency
  • Administrative Integration of a Heterogeneous Elite
  • Fiscal-Military Efficiency
  • A Built-In Check Against Provincial Entrenchment
  • The Case Against Sole Credit: Other Pillars of Mughal Success
  • Military Technology and Organisation
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