History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET June 2015 History
Among the following, who is the first to clarify that there is no basis for identifying the Hindus wholesale with the Muqaddams and Khuts?
AElliot and Dowson
BMohammad Habib
CW.H. Moreland ✓ Correct
DIshwari Prasad
Correct answer: (C) W.H. Moreland — W.H. Moreland was the first to clarify this, so the answer is W.H. Moreland.
Explanation
★W.H. Moreland was the first to clarify this, so the answer is W.H. Moreland.
★He held that the Hindus could not be identified wholesale with the Muqaddams and Khuts.
★The Muqaddams and Khuts were rural intermediaries of the Sultanate.
★Moreland argued that these were a class, not a whole community.
★He was a noted historian of the agrarian economy of medieval India.
★His work shaped the study of the rural society of the age.
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