Which of the following was a primary objective of Alauddin Khilji's 'Market Control' (Zawabit) regulations?
To keep essential commodity prices low so soldiers could be maintained on fixed salaries.
Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate introduced his celebrated market-control regulations (Zawabit) in the early 14th century, backed by a strict inspection machinery.
He fixed the prices of essential commodities - grain, cloth, horses, cattle and daily goods - and set up separate controlled markets with officers such as the Shahna-i-Mandi to enforce them.
The real purpose was military: by keeping prices low and stable, he could maintain a large standing army on modest fixed cash salaries without draining the treasury.
This affordable army was crucial for defending the Sultanate against repeated Mongol invasions and for his expansionist campaigns.
So the primary objective was to keep essential commodity prices low so soldiers could be maintained on fixed salaries.
The options on unrestricted trade, replacing religious taxation with commercial levies, and promoting textile exports are wrong, because the reforms were about tight domestic price and supply control, not free or foreign trade.
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Consider the following statements :
1. It was during the reign of Iltutmish that Chengiz Khan reached the Indus in pursuit of the fugitive Khwarezm prince.
2. It was during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq that Taimur occupied Multan and crossed the Indus.
3. It was during the reign of Deva Raya II of Vijayanagara Empire that Vasco Da gama reached the Coast of Kerala.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which of the following dynasties ruled before the Tughluq Dynasty?
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