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The Cambridge economic history of India Vol I c1200 - c1750 / Edited by Raychaudhuri Taopan And Irfan Habib

Contributor(s): Publication details: Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1982.Description: xvi,543p. ; 22cmISBN:
  • 9780521226929(hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.954 RAY-I
Contents:
Preface ix INTRODUCTION I The Geographical Background by IRFAN HABIB I Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University II South India: Some General Considerations of the Region and its Early History 14 by BURTON STEIN Professor of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa PART I: c. 1200-1500 III Northern India under the Sultanate 45 1 Economic Conditions before 1200 45 by SIMON DIGBY Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford 2. Agrarian Economy 48 by IRFAN HABIB 3 Non-Agricultural Production and Urban Economy 76 by IRFAN HABIB 4 The Currency System by SIMON DIGBY 93 IV Vijayanagara c. 1350-1564 102 by BURTON STEIN V The Maritime Trade of India 125 by SIMON DIGBY PART II: c. 1500-1750 VI Population 163 by IRFAN HABIB (v vi CONTENTS VII The State and the Economy 172 I The Mughal Empire 172 by TAPAN RAYCHAUDHURI 2 Maharashtra and the Deccan: a Note 193 University by H. FUKAZAWA Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi 3 The South 203 by BURTON STEIN VIII The Systems of Agricultural Production 214 I Mughal India 214 by IRFAN HABIB 2 South India 226 by L. B. ALAEV Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Sciences IX Agrarian Relations and Land Revenue 235 1 North India 235 by IRFAN HABIB 2 The Medieval Deccan and Maharashtra 249 by H. FUKAZAWA X Non-Agricultural Production 261 I Mughal India 261 by TAPAN RAYCHAUDHURI 2 Maharashtra and the Deccan by H. FUKAZAWA 308 3 South India 315 by L. ALAEV XI Inland Trade 325 by TAPAN RAYCHAUDHURI XII Moneta… 2 Indian Merchants and the Trade in the Indian Ocean 407 by A. DASGUPTA Professor of History, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan XIV Towns and Cities 434 I Mughal India 434 by GAVIN R. G. HAMBLY Professor of History and Dean of Arts and Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas 2 The Far South 452 by BURTON STEIN XV Standard of Living 458 1 Mughal India 458 by SATISH CHANDRA Chairman, University Grants Commission, India 2 Maharashtra and the Deccan 471 by H. FUKAZAWA Appendix The Medieval Economy of Assam 478 by AMALENDU GUHA Professor of Economic History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Bibliograpby 506 Index 536
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Preface

ix

INTRODUCTION
I The Geographical Background by IRFAN HABIB

I

Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University
II South India: Some General Considerations of the
Region and its Early History

14

by BURTON STEIN Professor of History, University of
Hawaii at Manoa
PART I: c. 1200-1500
III Northern India under the Sultanate

45

1 Economic Conditions before 1200

45

by SIMON DIGBY Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford
2. Agrarian Economy

48

by IRFAN HABIB
3 Non-Agricultural Production and Urban Economy

76

by IRFAN HABIB
4 The Currency System
by SIMON DIGBY

93

IV Vijayanagara c. 1350-1564

102

by BURTON STEIN
V The Maritime Trade of India

125

by SIMON DIGBY
PART II: c. 1500-1750

VI Population

163

by IRFAN HABIB

(v
vi

CONTENTS
VII The State and the Economy

172

I The Mughal Empire

172

by TAPAN RAYCHAUDHURI
2 Maharashtra and the Deccan: a Note

193

University
by H. FUKAZAWA Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi
3 The South

203

by BURTON STEIN
VIII The Systems of Agricultural Production

214

I Mughal India

214

by IRFAN HABIB
2 South India

226

by L. B. ALAEV Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR
Academy of Sciences
IX Agrarian Relations and Land Revenue

235

1 North India

235

by IRFAN HABIB
2 The Medieval Deccan and Maharashtra

249

by H. FUKAZAWA
X Non-Agricultural Production

261

I Mughal India

261

by TAPAN RAYCHAUDHURI
2 Maharashtra and the Deccan
by H. FUKAZAWA

308

3 South India

315

by L. ALAEV
XI Inland Trade

325

by TAPAN RAYCHAUDHURI
XII Moneta…
2 Indian Merchants and the Trade in the Indian Ocean

407

by A. DASGUPTA Professor of History, Visva-Bharati
University, Santiniketan
XIV Towns and Cities

434

I Mughal India

434

by GAVIN R. G. HAMBLY Professor of History and Dean
of Arts and Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas
2 The Far South

452

by BURTON STEIN
XV Standard of Living

458

1 Mughal India

458

by SATISH CHANDRA Chairman, University Grants
Commission, India
2 Maharashtra and the Deccan

471

by H. FUKAZAWA
Appendix The Medieval Economy of Assam

478

by AMALENDU GUHA Professor of Economic History,
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
Bibliograpby

506

Index

536