Alauddin Khilji, the most powerful and significant ruler of the Khilji dynasty, came to power after treacherously assassinating his uncle and predecessor,:
Alauddin Khilji is particularly noted for implementing a comprehensive and stringent system of market regulations and price controls, primarily aimed at:
A.
Increasing prices to benefit the nobility
B.
Benefiting foreign merchants exclusively
C.
Eliminating all trade activity in the Sultanate
D.
Ensuring cheap and stable prices for essential goods, partly to sustain a large standing army at low cost
D. Ensuring cheap and stable prices for essential goods, partly to sustain a large standing army at low cost
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As part of his market control policies, Alauddin Khilji established a dedicated administrative department to oversee market prices and supplies, with an officer known as the:
Alauddin Khilji's military campaigns significantly extended Sultanate influence into the Deccan and South India, largely conducted under the command of his talented general:
Alauddin Khilji introduced significant changes to the land revenue system, notably increasing the state's share of agricultural produce and measuring land more systematically, primarily to:
A.
Eliminate agriculture entirely
B.
Reduce state revenue significantly
C.
Increase state revenue and reduce the independent economic power of rural intermediaries (like the Khuts and Muqaddams)
