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Firuz Shah inherited a ruined economy and discontented people. Instead of expansion of the empire, he concentrated on stabilizing the economy and the empire. His revised revenue policy, encouraged agriculture and brought prosperity to the people. There was rapid growth of trade and commerce. The reduction in the prices of commodities of daily use made the life of common people easy. He also introduced certain judicial reforms and improved the penal system. Torture was abolished. Firuz Shah set up an employment Bureau for the unemployed and many hospitals for providing free treatment to the poor. He had also improved the currency system by introducing new coins of mixed metal. A special department was established to help the poor and needy. It also helped poor Muslims in arranging the marriages of their daughters by providing them with the state help. Many 'Sarais' were established and trees were planted on both sides of the roads. Firuz Shah Tughluq is credited with building numerous towns. Among these some prominent towns were Hissar, Jaunpur, and Firozabad etc. He constructed irrigation canals and dams. He also set up one of the two Ashokan pillars at Firozabad which he had removed from their original location. However, he followed a very orthodox religious policy and ruled according to Islamic laws. He consulted the lamas in all matters. For the first time he imposed 'Jazia' tax on non-Muslims. He demolished Hindu temples and built mosques in their places. He destroyed the Jagannath Puri temple in Odisha, and killed a large number of priests.
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