Mughal Bureaucracy
UPSC Archival Analysis
Exam Year
2004
Evidence Source
LinkID: MED_MUG_2004_196 Ref: Irfan Habib, The Agrarian System of Mughal India
What was 'district' known as during the Mughal administration?
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Correct Option: D
In Mughal administration, the unit corresponding to a modern district was called a 'Sarkar'. It sat between the larger provincial 'Suba' and the smaller local 'Pargana'.