UPSC 2014 CDS I GK Paper

Statement (1) is correct regarding Indian Fuedalism in early medival period. In early medieval India, the political elites werebeneficiary of assignments made to them- on the basis of clanconnection or in lieu of services made to the state- in the form oflanded property, which became their Bhoga, grasa or whatever theregional expression was. Under Alauddin Khalji’s rule, Bhaga (landRevenue), Bhoga (cesses) and Kar (taxes) became the basis forassignment of land to nobles