Question

How was the administration of the Ahom state-organized?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Mughals invaded the Ahom kingdom under Mir Jumla in 1662, and the Ahoms were defeated despite their valiant defence.

• The Ahom state relied on forced labour and the ‘Paiks’ were forced to work for the state.
• By rotation, each village had to send a number of paiks, and people were transferred to less populated places from densely populated areas, thereby breaking up the Ahom clan.
• The government became very centralised during the first half of the seventeenth century and virtually all adult males served in the military during the war.
• They were interested in building dams, irrigation systems and other public works, and new rice cultivation techniques were also implemented.
• The society of Ahom was divided into clans or khels.
• A Khel also had many villages under his influence.
• The peasant was granted land by the people of his village and even the king could not take it away without the permission of the community.