Regarding the economic history of medieval India, the term Araghatta’ refers to (1) Bonded labour (2) Land grants made to military officers (3) Waterwheel used in the irrigation of land (4) Wasteland converted to cultivated land.

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Answer: (3) Waterwheel used in the irrigation of land

In Sanskrit, the term Araghatta has been used to define the Persian wheel in ancient texts. The’ara-ghatta ‘originates from the mixture of the words’ara’ denoting spoke and ‘ghatta’ denoting pot. There is proof to suggest that this system was possibly developed in India in the past to raise water from open wells. It began to be considered the Persian wheel, with using it in Iran, later in Persia, and maybe its discovery there.

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