The term `pahi-kashta` refers to which one of the following ?
Resident cultivators
Landless cultivators
Non-resident cultivators
Peasants with more than 5 acres of land
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2020
The term `pahi-kashta` in the Mughal agrarian system referred to non-resident cultivators.
These peasants cultivated land in villages where they did not permanently reside, often moving from their home village (`khud-kashta`) to cultivate land elsewhere, sometimes on more favourable terms.