The Mughal revenue system with its own schedule of revenue rates for…

Concept

Mughal administrative-cum-revenue terms fall into distinct categories: some assign territorial revenue rights to a noble or officer (Jagir, Iqta), one grades a noble's personal rank/status within the Mansabdari hierarchy (Zat), and one specifically fixes a cash revenue rate for each crop based on measured land and average produce/price data (Zabt).

Application

The stem asks for the system with “its own schedule of revenue rates for individual crop” — this is exactly the defining feature of Zabt: land was measured, and a cash rate was fixed per crop using the dahsala method (the average yield and price of that crop over the preceding ten years), organised under Akbar by Raja Todar Mal.

Cross-check

• Jagir and Iqta both name a territorial revenue assignment held by a person, not a crop-wise rate schedule.

• Zat grades a Mansabdar's personal rank/salary status — it has nothing to do with assessing crop revenue.

• Only the crop-rate-schedule system fits the stem, confirming the identification above.