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Centre for Studies in Civilizations
Contents
Preface
General Introduction
Editor and Author
Contributors
I: Antecedents: Two Regional Economies
Chapter 1: The Economy of the Ghaznavid Empire, Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Khurasan
North-Western India
Notes and References
Chapter 2: The Economy of Gujarat in the Thirteenth Century
The Agrarian Order and the Structure of Power
Rajaputras
Ranakas
Panchakula
Commerce
Trade and Transport
Credit and Exchange
Coinage
Society
Notes and References
II: Economy of the Period of the Delhi Sultanate
Chapter 3: Forests, Deserts and Untilled Lands
Notes and References
Chapter 4: Means of Cultivation and Irrigation
Peasant Agricultural Practices
Canals
Notes and References
Chapter 5: Crops
Notes and References
Chapter 6: Agricultural Manufactures
Notes and References
Chapter 7: The Pastoral Sector
Notes and References
Chapter 8: The Agrarian Classes
Notes and References
Chapter 9: Land Tax and Other Rural Taxes
Notes and References
Chapter 10: Non-Agricultural Production
Extractive Industries and Metallurgy
Textiles
Building Industry
Paper Manufacture
Glassware
Glazed Ware
Soap Manufacture
Notes and References
Chapter 11: Forms of Labour
Slavery
Free Labour
Notes and References
Chapter 12: Transport, Communications and Navigation
Inland Transport
Means of Communication
Oceanic Navigation
Notes and References
Chapter 13: Towns and Trade
Cities and Towns
Towns and the Networks of Commerce
Urban Taxation and Imposts on Trade
Urban Taxation and Imposts on Trade
Merchants: Social Composition
Organization of Commerce: Market, Capital and Credit
Notes and References
Chapter 14: The State and Economy
Notes and References
Chapter 15: Coinage and the Silver Crisis
The Gold and Silver Tanka and the Billon Jital
The Copper Currency
Transnational Precious Metal Flows and Currency Circulation
The Levant and the Indian Ocean
The Crisis of Silver, Deflation and the Dominance of Billon-Copper Coinage
Notes and References
Chapter 16: Foreign Trade of India
Indian Ports and Entrepots for Foreign Trade
Trade Routes Westwards
Trade Routes Eastwards
Merchandise and Specie
Merchants and Mercantile Organization
Notes and References
III: India in the Fifteenth Century
Chapter 17: Economic Implications of Political Disintegration
Notes and References
IV: The Economy of the Vijayanagara Empire (1346โ1542)
Chapter 18: The Empire
Notes and References
Chapter 19: Agriculture and Irrigation
Notes and References
Chapter 20: Structure of the Agrarian Economy
Karnataka and Southern Andhra
Tamil Country
Notes and References
Chapter 21: The Financial Structure of the Empire
Notes and References
Chapter 22: Towns, Mines, Manufactures and Trade
Notes and References
Bibliography
Index