Karl Marx on Asiatic mode of production
i. Surplus was appropriated by the state
ii. It was the emergence of a society that was composed of a large number of large and autonomous and egalitarian village communities.
iii. The imperial court presided over these village communities respecting the autonomy as long as flow of the surplus was unimpeded.
iv. This was considered as a stagnant system
v. Any other relevant point Any two to be mentioned
