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

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015.Edition: Revised and enlarged editionDescription: xii, 476 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (1 folded and black and white) ; 22 cmISBN:

9780199450541
0199450544

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DDC classification:

330.954 23 MOO

Contents:

Agricultural Production Land Revenue Local claims to Agrarian surplus The Distribution of surplus among the ruling class The urban economy Money supply and foreign trade Population and National income

Summary: Focusing on the immense amount of statistical material present in the Ain-i Akbari, the great official compilation of the Mughal empire, this book challenges and revises the widely held views on the economic conditions of the day, and posits new findings by weighing general impressions against a rigorous analysis of quantified data.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	330.954 MOO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30086

"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.

Focusing on the immense amount of statistical material present in the Ain-i Akbari, the great official compilation of the Mughal empire, this book challenges and revises the widely held views on the economic conditions of the day, and posits new findings by weighing general impressions against a rigorous analysis of quantified data.

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

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