How did Alauddin ensure the supply of grains at fixed prices?

He mandated that peasants in the Doab pay half the produce as tax in grain, which was then stored in state granaries to be sold at fixed rates.

Alauddin Khalji's Price Control | Motives and Markets (2005 PYQ)

ID: HIS_MED_2005_85 Ref: Satish Chandra, History of Medieval India

Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Alauddin Khalji introduced price control in Delhi.
Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages to the artisans building his palaces in Delhi.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

AI Quick Summary (View Answer)

Correct Option: C

Alauddin Khalji introduced price control to maintain a large army on low pay by keeping essential goods affordable. It was not intended to lower artisan wages specifically.

Consider the following statements:**Assertion (A):** Alauddin Khalji introduced price control in Delhi.**Reason (R):** He wanted to pay lower wages to the artisans building his palaces in Delhi.Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Alauddin Khalji introduced price control in Delhi.
Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages to the artisans building his palaces in Delhi.

Select the correct answer from the code given below: