What was meant by 'blandongdiensten' system followed by the Dutch in Java? (a) A system which allowed people to stay in rent-free village. (b) A system of taxation imposed on villages for specified advantages. (c) A system which exempted villagers from rent in exchange of free labour and supply of buffaloes for transporting timber. (d) All the above.
Option (c) is correct The ‘Blandongdiensten’ system refers to the free labor and supply of buffaloes.