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What do you think were the advantages and disadvantages of enclosing agricultural land within the fortified area of the city?



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The advantages and disadvantages of enclosing agricultural land within the fortified areas of the city were as follows :
(а) Advantages :

  1. During the medieval period, the objective of seiges was to starve the defenders into submission. These seiges could last for a long period. Normally, rulers tried to be prepared for such situations by building large granaries with the fortified areas. The rulers of Vijayanagara adopted a more elaborate strategy of protecting the agricultural belt itself.
  2. As the agricultural tract was within fortified area, the peasants did not face any problems in cultivating the land due to war or any other reason. The peasants, therefore, did not face any financial difficulty.
  3. Land revenue was one of the main source of income of the state. Thus, with the protection of agricultural tract, there was regular income from this source.
  4. There was an agricultural tract between the sacred centre and the urban core. This tract had an elaborate canal system drawing water from the Tungabhadra. So, there was no problem of irrigation too.
(b) Disadvantages :

  1. Such an elaborate system of fortification was very expensive.
  2. The state has to maintain a large army for the protection of a bigger fortified area.
  3. Sometimes it could have been difficult to decide how much land be included within the fortified area.

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