Shireen Moosvi

The Economy of the Mughal Empire C. 1595

A Statistical Study

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1987, this seminal work on the economy of the Mughal empire now appears in its second revised and updated edition. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199450541
• ISBN-10: 0199450544
• Artikelnr.: 47871231

Autorenporträt

Shireen Moosvi is a former Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, has published widely on Mughal India and the economic history of colonial times.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Man?abdars
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