The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume 1, C.1200-c.1750Tapan Raychaudhuri, Irfan Habib, Dharma Kumar, Professor Centre of Advanced Study in History Irfan Habib, Meghnad Desai Examines the history of India during the period c. 1200-c. 1750. |
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Contents
Some General Considerations of | 14 |
Northern India under the Sultanate | 45 |
Vijayanagara c 13501564 | 102 |
The Maritime Trade of India | 125 |
Population | 163 |
The State and the Economy | 172 |
The Systems of Agricultural Production | 214 |
Agrarian Relations and Land Revenue | 235 |
Inland Trade | 325 |
Monetary System and Prices | 360 |
Foreign Trade | 382 |
Towns and Cities | 434 |
Standard of Living | 458 |
Appendix The Medieval Economy of Assam | 478 |
Bibliography | 506 |
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