Consider the following statements:

1. Allauddin Khalji was the first Sultan in Delhi Sultanate to pay the soldiers in cash.

2. Slavery was absent during the medieval times in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• In order to ensure a regular supply of cheap food grains, he declared that the land revenue in the doab region would be paid directly to the state in cash, i.e., the villages in the area would not be assigned in Iqta to anyone.

• Further, the land revenue was raised to half of the produce.

• Realization of land revenue in cash enabled Alauddin to pay his soldiers in cash. He was the first Sultan in the Sultanate to do so. Asatvar (cavalryman) in his time was paid 238 tankas a year, or about 20 tangos a month. It appears that he was expected to maintain himself, and his horse and his equipment out of this amount.

• Allauddin set up a market for slaves. The prices of cattle, as well as of slaves were strictly regulated, and Barani gives us their prices in detail. The prices of cattle and slaves are mentioned side by side by Barani. This shows that slavery was accepted in medieval India as a normal feature.