i. There was individual ownership of assets and deep inequities based on caste and gender distinctions.
ii. A group of powerful individuals decided the affairs of the village, exploited the weaker sections and had the authority to dispense justice.
iii. More importantly, a cash nexus had already developed through trade between villages and towns.
iv. In the Mughal heartland too, revenue was assessed and collected in cash. Artisans producing for the export market (for example, weavers) received their advances or wages in cash, as did producers of commercial products like cotton, silk or indigo.