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The economy of the Mughal Empire, c.1595 : A statistical study / Shireen Moosvi.

By: Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Revised and enlarged editionDescription: xii, 476 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (1 folded and black and white) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199450541 (paperback)
  • 0199450544 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.954 MOO 23
LOC classification:
  • HC434 .M56 2015
Contents:
Table of Contents List of Maps and Figures Preface to This Edition Excerpt from the Preface to the First Edition (1987) INTRODUCTION 1. The Statistics and Their Sources; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; 2. Extent of Cultivation; 3. Agricultural Productivity: Crops and Yields; LAND REVENUE; 4. Land-Revenue Demand; 5. Land-Revenue Realization; LOCAL CLAIMS TO AGRARIAN SURPLUS; 6. Revenue Grants; 7. The Zamindars Share in the Surplus; THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS AMONG THE RULING CLASS; 8. Imperial Finance: Total Income and Accumulation; 9. The Salary Bill of the Manabdars; 10. Expenditure on the Imperial Military Establishment; 11. Expenditure on the Imperial Household; 12. Diffusion and Consumption of the Surplus; THE URBAN ECONOMY; 13. The Extent of Urbanization; 14. Prices and Wages; MONEY SUPPLY AND FOREIGN TRADE; 15. Money, Price Changes and Credit; 16. Foreign Trade and the Internal Economy; POPULATION AND NATIONAL INCOME; 17. Population; 18. The Gross National Product of the Mughal Empire, c.15956; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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"First edition published in 1987"--Title page verso.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Centre of Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Folded Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-452) and index.

Table of Contents
List of Maps and Figures
Preface to This Edition
Excerpt from the Preface to the First Edition (1987)
INTRODUCTION
1. The Statistics and Their Sources;
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;
2. Extent of Cultivation;
3. Agricultural Productivity: Crops and Yields;
LAND REVENUE;
4. Land-Revenue Demand;
5. Land-Revenue Realization;
LOCAL CLAIMS TO AGRARIAN SURPLUS;
6. Revenue Grants;
7. The Zamindars Share in the Surplus;
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS AMONG THE RULING CLASS;
8. Imperial Finance: Total Income and Accumulation;
9. The Salary Bill of the Manabdars;
10. Expenditure on the Imperial Military Establishment;
11. Expenditure on the Imperial Household;
12. Diffusion and Consumption of the Surplus;
THE URBAN ECONOMY;
13. The Extent of Urbanization;
14. Prices and Wages;
MONEY SUPPLY AND FOREIGN TRADE;
15. Money, Price Changes and Credit;
16. Foreign Trade and the Internal Economy;
POPULATION AND NATIONAL INCOME;
17. Population;
18. The Gross National Product of the Mughal Empire, c.15956;
Abbreviations;
Bibliography;
Index;
About the Author