Who were the Khud-Kashta and Pahi- Kashta? Distinguish between the two
There were two kinds of peasants in the seventeenth century. They were Khud-Kashta and Pahi-Kashta. Khud-Kashta: They lived in the village. They had their own land in the village. They themselves cultivated their lands. Pahi-Kashta: They were non-resident cultivators. They lived in some other village and cultivated lands elsewhere. They did their work on a contractual basis. People became Pahi-Kashta out of two reasons which are given below:Out of Choice: The people accepted to be Pahi-Kashta when they found the terms of revenue favourable to them. Out of Compulsion: The people became Pahi-Kashta when a famine or economic distress compelled them to find any work to survive.
