Read the extract from a travel diary: "The Sultan's officers collect revenue from villages, maintain roads and carry messages rapidly between posts." The di...
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Read the extract from a travel diary: "The Sultan's officers collect revenue from villages, maintain roads and carry messages rapidly between posts." The diary was written during the rule of Alauddin Khilji. A class is investigating whether his achievements should be judged mainly by conquest or by the measures he used to protect and administer a large empire.
(a) Identify the dynasty to which Alauddin Khilji belonged. [1]
(b) Explain two reasons why Alauddin Khilji controlled market prices. [2]
(c) Assess one way his administrative reforms helped his military policy. [2]
Answer Details
(a) Khilji dynasty [1] (b) Any two: to keep food and goods affordable for soldiers [1]; to reduce soldiers' need for higher pay [1]; to prevent hoarding or profiteering [1]; to control the economy during war [1] (c) Lower prices meant the state could maintain a large army at lower cost [1]; this gave the Sultan forces to resist Mongols and conduct campaigns [1]
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