History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2013 History
Which historian has spoken of a tripartite relationship between zamindars, jagirdars and peasants as the reason for the crisis of the Mughal Empire and its decline?
AStephen P. Blake
BM. Athar Ali
CSatish Chandra ✓ Correct
DC.A. Bayly
Correct answer: (C) Satish Chandra — Satish Chandra spoke of this tripartite relationship, so the answer is Satish Chandra.
Explanation
★Satish Chandra spoke of this tripartite relationship, so the answer is Satish Chandra.
★He argued that the strained ties among zamindars, jagirdars and peasants caused the Mughal crisis.
★The jagir system came under pressure as nobles, zamindars and peasants competed for the agrarian surplus.
★This crisis weakened the empire and led to its decline in the eighteenth century.
★M. Athar Ali studied the composition of the Mughal nobility.
★The debate over the causes of Mughal decline is central to medieval Indian historiography.
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