The Economy of the Mughal Empire, C. 1595: A Statistical StudyCan the structure of the 15th-century Indian economy be analyzed on a quantified basis, as can a contemporary economy? Taking advantage of the immense amount of statistical material in the Ain-i Akbari, the great official compilation of the Mughal empire, this book revises the widely held views on a number of economic conditions of the day, and weighs general impressions against a rigorous analysis of properly quantified data. |
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The Economy of the Mughal Empire, C.1595: A Statistical Study Shireen Moosvi No preview available - 2015 |
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40th regnal A'in Abu'l Fazl actual Agra Agrarian System agricultural aḥadīs Ain's Ajmer Akbar Akbar's Akbarnāma Aligarh Allahabad allowed amount animals annual ārāṇī ārāzī assumed average Awadh Bajra Barley Bayana Bengal Berar bigha Bihar Bulandshahr bullion calculated camels cash cent Chapter cloth coins copper cost cotton crops crores cultivable waste dāms dāms a month dastur dastur circles Delhi districts Doāb elephants estimate exports Fazl's figures Firishta given gross cultivation Gujarat harem Haryana higher horses Ibid IESHR Ilāhī imperial stables imports income India indigo Irfan Habib irrigated jama Jowar khāṣa Lahore land revenue Lucknow Malwa manṣab manṣabdārs map area mints Moreland Mughal empire muhrs Multan output Panjab parganas Pelsaert population provinces rates ratio region rupees salaries sanctioned Sarkar-headquarters sarkārs sawār rank Sher Shah's silver sixteenth century statistics suba Sugarcane Surat suyūrghāl tābīnān Table total jama troopers urban wages wheat yields zamīndārs zāt