Which of the following taxes fell in the category of granting free trade facilities and reduction in the taxes? (a) Sair-dam (b) Muqata (c) Mapa (d) Rahdari Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following taxes fell in the category of granting free trade facilities and reduction in the taxes? (a) Sair-dam (b) Muqata (c) Mapa (d) Rahdari Select the correct answer from the options given below: Correct Answer (a), (c) and (d)

The above-mentioned tax terms relate to the time of the Mughals, the revenue of the empire was not only based on land revenue but other kinds of taxes too.

  • Sair dam/ Sair Jihat – was the land revenue assessment and formed part of Jama.

  • Muqata - was the plough, and in Western Rajasthan, revenue assessment was made based on this. This allowed for a differential calculation of land revenue as it took account of actual revenue generated by farming land.

  • Mapa – is a term for the measurement

  • Rahdari - was a tax which was collected at every highway point and was abolished by Emperor Aurangzeb, providing people with some relief from taxation.

Hence the correct answer is Option 4, - taxes mentioned in a, b and d facilitated free movement for trade by removing unnecessary taxes and allowed for a reduction of taxes based on the actual assessment.

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