History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET December 2014 History
Dastur circles were drawn for the purpose of fixing:
APrices
BRanks
CRevenues ✓ Correct
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (C) Revenues — Dastur circles were drawn for fixing revenues, so the answer is revenues.
Explanation
★Dastur circles were drawn for fixing revenues, so the answer is revenues.
★Under the Dahsala system each province was divided into revenue circles.
★Each such circle, or Dastur, had its own rate of revenue.
★The rate was fixed by the average prices and yields of that area.
★This made revenue assessment more fair and exact.
★The Dahsala system was introduced in the reign of Akbar.
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