Conditions of Peasants and Women
Conditions of Peasants and Women
Section titled “Conditions of Peasants and Women”2020-04-27 12:36 :04
Condition of Peasant and Masses
Section titled “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
Position of Women
Section titled “Position of Women”- 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
Passive Forms of Resistance
Section titled “Passive Forms of Resistance”- #todo
Condition of peasants, condition of women
- Assess the condition of peasantry during 13th to 17th centuries CE. [2017, 15 Marks]