Answer:
The Mughal empire in the seventeenth century and after:
(i) The administrative and military efficiency of the Mughal Empire led to great economic and commercial prosperity.
(ii) International travellers described it as the fabled land of wealth.
(iii) These visitors were also surprised at the state of extreme poverty that existed side by side.
(iv) The inequalities were glaring.
(a) Documents from the twentieth year of ShahJahan's reign say that the highest ranking mansabdar were only 445 in number out of a total of 8000.
(b) A mere 5.6 per cent of the total number of mansabdars, received 61.5 per cent of the total estimated revenue of the empire as salaries for themselves and their troopers.
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