Explanation:

Terms used to denote a peasant was raiyat (plural, riaya) or muzarian. In addition, we also encounter the terms kisan or asami.Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants – khud-kashta and pahikashta.The former were residents of the village in which they held their lands.The latter were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis.People became pahi-kashta either out of choice – for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable – or out of compulsion.