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Consider the following statements regarding the Mughal Agrarian system: Statement (I): In the Mughal Agrarian system, the Zamindars were considered the owners of all the lands in their domain. Statement (II): The Zamindars were a class of landed intermediaries who enjoyed certain hereditary rights and collected revenue on behalf of the state, but the actual cultivation was done alone by peasants (Ryots). Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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