Indian Feudalism
UPSC Archival Analysis
Exam Year
2014
Evidence Source
UPSC Level
ID: HIS_MED_2014_175 Ref: R.S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism
Consider the following statements regarding Indian Feudalism in the early medieval period:
1. The revenue assignments were called Bhoga.
2. The hereditary chiefs neither collected revenues nor assumed administrative powers.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Correct Option: A
In early medieval Indian feudalism, revenue assignments were known as 'Bhoga'. Hereditary chiefs were central to this system as they collected revenue and held administrative power.