From Mountain Fastness to Coastal Kingdoms (eBook, PDF)

Hard Money and 'Cashless' Economies in the Medieval Bay of Bengal World
Redaktion: Deyell, John; Mukherjee, Rila

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines money use in the Bay of Bengal world. Using the case of medieval Bengal as a fulcrum, it analyses how 'cashless' economies function internally.
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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000729764
• Artikelnr.: 57447601

Autorenporträt

John Deyell is an independent researcher originally from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A former visiting Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he writes on the pre-modern monetary systems of the Indian Ocean world. Rila Mukherjee is Professor in the Department of History, School of Social Science, University of Hyderabad. A former Director of the Institut de Chandernagor, she is currently Chief Editor of the Asian Review of World Histories, and Series Editor of Cambridge's Pasts and Futures.

Inhaltsangabe

1. From Mountain Fastness to Coastal Kingdoms: The Contours of the Medieval Bay of Bengal World 2. Media of Exchange under the Palas and the Senas as Reflected in their Inscriptions 3. Understanding the Economic Networks and Linkages of an Expanded Harikela 4. Money and Communications in Sultanate Bengal and its Neighbouring Areas: Evidence of the Coin-hoards (1205-1576 ce) 5. Cashless Economy or Value for Money: Early Medieval South India 6. Tibet and Bengal : Trade Routes and Long Distance Exchanges with Reference to Silver 7. The Laws of King Mengrai, Cowrie Shells, and Intra-Asian Interactions 8. Hard Money and 'Cashless' Economies: Medieval Bengal and the Greater Asian World