Conditions of Peasants and Women

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Condition of Peasant and Masses

85-90% were lower classes like small peasants, soldiers, agri labourers, soldiers, artisans, craftsmen, shopkeepers, gov servants
Shudras were poor caste Hindus
Low standard of living, not much clothing needed
Woollen clothes were unkown, shoes not much in use
No scarcity of food except during droughts, famines,
No intermediary Jagirdar to deprive peasants of his rightful fruits of plough
Land rev remitted during floods, droughts
Takkavi loans given
Condition began deteriorating during Shah Jahan's reign

Polygamy common among aristocracy, upper middle class
Hindus in gen practiced monogamy
Divorce Remarriage common among M, Hindus abhorred it
Child Marriage common
Ruling elites, upper middle class maintained large harems
Girls, eunuch were lucrative trade
Wo completely dependent on male mem, place within 4 walls of her house
Yasin - Purdah strictly observed, burqa in public, poor women went on foot, rich ones in palkies, houses built with high walls
- Suffered from polygamy, female seclusion
M woman position of respect, dignity, honour of family,
Badauni - veiled carriage of females sacred all over the country no body dared challenge it
M Wo given religious education, learnt Quran by rote memory, lived devoted lives

Condition of peasants, condition of women

Assess the condition of peasantry during 13th to 17th centuries CE. [2017, 15 Marks]