Dahsala system of revenue assessment
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The Dahsala system of revenue assessment was a standardized land revenue scheme introduced in Mughal India that calculated taxes based on average produce and prices over a ten-year period to ensure more equitable and predictable taxation.
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dahsala system of revenue assessment Context triple: [Raja Todar Mal, notableWork, Dahsala system of revenue assessment]
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Ryotwari system
The Ryotwari system was a land revenue arrangement in British India under which taxes were collected directly from individual peasant cultivators rather than through intermediaries.
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B.
A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the Funding System
A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the Funding System is a 19th-century economic work by John Ramsay McCulloch that systematically analyzes taxation, public finance, and government debt and their effects on the economy.
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C.
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
The Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was the Mughal imperial grant of revenue-collecting rights over these provinces, which effectively gave the British East India Company control of their civil administration and finances in the 18th century.
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Mahalwari system
The Mahalwari system was a colonial-era land revenue arrangement in northern and central India under British rule, in which tax was assessed on entire villages or estates (mahals) collectively rather than on individual cultivators.
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E.
On the Tax in Kind
"On the Tax in Kind" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that replaced grain requisitioning with a tax in kind, marking the start of the New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dahsala system of revenue assessment Target entity description: The Dahsala system of revenue assessment was a standardized land revenue scheme introduced in Mughal India that calculated taxes based on average produce and prices over a ten-year period to ensure more equitable and predictable taxation.
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A.
Ryotwari system
The Ryotwari system was a land revenue arrangement in British India under which taxes were collected directly from individual peasant cultivators rather than through intermediaries.
-
B.
A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the Funding System
A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the Funding System is a 19th-century economic work by John Ramsay McCulloch that systematically analyzes taxation, public finance, and government debt and their effects on the economy.
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C.
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
The Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was the Mughal imperial grant of revenue-collecting rights over these provinces, which effectively gave the British East India Company control of their civil administration and finances in the 18th century.
-
D.
Mahalwari system
The Mahalwari system was a colonial-era land revenue arrangement in northern and central India under British rule, in which tax was assessed on entire villages or estates (mahals) collectively rather than on individual cultivators.
-
E.
On the Tax in Kind
"On the Tax in Kind" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that replaced grain requisitioning with a tax in kind, marking the start of the New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
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