The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume 1, C.1200-c.1750Tapan Raychaudhuri, Irfan Habib, Dharma Kumar CUP Archive, 1982 - 543 pages Examines the history of India during the period c. 1200-c. 1750. |
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 |
a Note | 193 |
by H FUKAZAWA Professor of Economics Hitotsubashi | 203 |
by H FUKAZAWA | 315 |
Inland Trade | 325 |
Monetary System and Prices | 360 |
Foreign Trade | 382 |
Towns and Cities | 434 |
The Far South | 452 |
Standard of Living | 458 |
Maharashtra and the Deccan | 471 |
Common terms and phrases
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