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TAJIKISTAN
Besides his campaigns, Ala-ud-din
Khalji paid attention to other aspects
Herat Kabul
KASHMIR of administration also. He needed a
AFGHANISTAN
Peshawar
Peshawar H I I C H I N A large amount of money for his
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N Kandahar NNGOLS Lahore M military campaigns, so he ordered the
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R MO Multan A TIBET measurement of all land under
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Quetta
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P A K I S T A N DELHI A U U N N T T A A I I cultivation and got it divided into
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Agra EPAL BHUTAN different categories on the basis of
NEPAL
Ranthambhore
Hyderabad Mewar Awadh fertility, on the basis of which land
DESH
NGLAD
SINDH Chittor Allahabad BA GLA ESH revenue (called kharaj ) was fixed.
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Tr pi o f C ncer
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MALWA BENGAL This revenue was as high as one-half
BENGAL
GUJARAT I Ujjain Illichpur A BURMA of the total produce in the doab
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Devgiri A BAY region (the fertile region between the
ARABIAN SS
ORI OF Ganga and Yamuna rivers). However,
SEA
Warangal
BENGAL he ensured that the nobles did not
collect more tax than he had fixed.
REFERENCE
Empire of
Ala-ud-Din Khalji Ala-ud-din had to maintain a large
Conquered but left off
Dwar-Samudra army, which he wanted to manage
Independent
Capital of State out of limited resources. So, he fixed
Madurai Kafur’s Route (INDIA) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS the prices of all essential
Rameshwaram
commodities, like grains, sugar, oils
(INDIA)
SRI and clothes. He appointed officials to
LAKSHADEEP
MALDIVES LANKA
I N D I A N O C E A N ensure that the shopkeepers did not
sell anything above the fixed prices.
Map of India during Khalji period 1290-1320 AD
In fact, he had done this to allow his soldiers to
In order to realise his dreams, he strengthened and buy essential commodities with the limited salary
equipped his army. Then he set out to conquer he paid them in cash.
parts of India. He conquered Gujarat and Malwa
Ala-ud-din Khalji also undertook reforms of the
which gave him access to seaports. In Rajasthan,
he captured the forts of Ranthambore and Chittor army. He got the battle horses branded so that the
nobles could not replace them with the horses of
from the Rajputs. He assigned the task of
inferior quality. Also, the face description of every
conquering the south to his trusted general, Malik
Kafur . Malik Kafur defeated the Yadavas, soldier was maintained in the records. He had
spies in different parts of his empire to keep him
Kakatiyas, Hoysalas and Pandyas. He received a
informed of the latest developments in different
large tribute from these rulers in the Deccan.
Towards the end of his rule, the empire of Ala-ud- fields.
din Khalji was as large as that of Ashoka the Great Ala-ud-din Khalji died in 1316. With it, the war of
in the ancient period. succession broke out, and the Tughluqs came to
power in 1320 AD.
Quiz Time
Fill in the blanks :
1. When Muhammad Ghori defeated ___________ ,
the Delhi Sultanate began.
2. Balban came to the throne in ___________ .
3. The Slave dynasty is also called the _________ .
Ranthambore Fort
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