Features of Mughal administration:
(i) Enjoying absolute power, the Emperor of the Mughal Empire was always the central administrative authority.
A number of officers in different governmental departments were appointed for the smooth functioning of transactions involving various affairs.
(ii) The Army had cavalry which was the most important unit, the infantry, made up of townsmen and peasants
and artillery with guns and navy. The Mughal Army was a mixture of diverse elements. As it grew in number it became too heterogeneous to be manageable.
(iii) Land revenue was the major source of the income. Akbar had instituted a system of Dahsala/Bandobast Arazi/ the Zabti system. Under this, the average produce of different crops and the average prices from the last ten years were calculated. One-third of the average was the share of the state that was collected in cash.
