History · Mughal Empire

In the Mughal agrarian economy, the term 'Pai-kashta' referred to:

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1Landless agricultural laborers who worked solely on the fields of village headmen.
2Wealthy farmers who possessed surplus land and rented out their plows to others.
3Migrant or non-resident cultivators who tilled lands in a village other than the one they resided in.✓
4Peasant-proprietors who cultivated lands in their own villages where they also resided.

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Migrant or non-resident cultivators who tilled lands in a village other than the one they resided in.

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