UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2016 · Q8(a) · 20 marks
Do you think that the agrarian crisis of the 17th century led to the disintegration of the Mughal empire? Discuss.
- Chapter
- Economy and society, in the 16th and 17th Centuries
- Topic
- The Agrarian and Jagirdari Crisis
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