The Mughal emperor Akbar established a Translation Department. The department was given the task of translating Hindu religious scriptures, such as the Atharvaveda, the Mahabharata, Harivamsa and the Ramayana into Persian.
Muhammad Adil Shah occupied Vellore and Ginjee after opposing the Nayakas of Thanjavur and added territories to his kingdom on the southern side, Shivaji who had become the governor of Poona occupied Torna in 1646 CE, and Purandhar and Rairi in 1650 CE.
During the rule of bahamani kingdom, those nobles who kept 500 horses were given 1000,000 huns annually. Nobles used to get their salary either in cash or in the form of a grant of land or ‘jagir’.
The important characteristics of the Vijayanagar administration was the Amara-Nayaka system. The top-grade officers of the army were known as Nayaks or Palaiyagars or Poligars. These officers were granted land in lieu of their services.
Iqta was introduced by Delhi sultan Iltutmish while Jagir was introduced by Mughals . Under Iqta system , the land of the empire was divided into several large and small tracts called Iqta and assigned these Iqta to his soldiers , officers and nobles.
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