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Standard VII
Social Science
NCERT
Question

Which of the following forms of land tenure denoted an entire village being donated to Brahmins?
  1. Jagir
  2. Zamindari
  3. Brahmadeya
  4. Devadana

A
Devadana
B
Brahmadeya
C
Jagir
D
Zamindari
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Brahmanas often received land grants or brahmadeya. The brahmanas had exclusive rights on these lands. Each brahmadeya was looked after by an assembly or sabha of prominent Brahmana landholders.

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