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Make a comparative review of the agrarian reforms of Alau-ud-Din Khalji and Sher Shah Suri.

  • UPSC 1995
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

Two centuries apart, Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316) and Sher Shah Suri (1540-1545) each launched sweeping land-revenue reforms aimed at reaching the cultivator directly, past the hereditary intermediary.

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  • Alauddin Khalji's Agrarian Measures
  • Sher Shah Suri's Agrarian Measures
  • Comparative Synthesis: Continuity of Method, Divergence of Intent

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