Economic History of Medieval India, 1200-1500 by Irfan Habib – Edition 2011

Description

Economic History of Medieval India, 1200?1500 examines theeconomic history of India from the thirteenth to the fifteenthcentury. Divided into four parts, this book presents a full-scalestudy on the economic conditions of the time and the implicationsof the economic structures on the politics of India in the medievalperiod. Providing a much-needed study of the aspects of economichistory that have largely been neglected in the studies publishedearlier, this volume will be of great help to students, researchersand teachers of history, as well as to the lay reader interested inmedieval Indian history.

Preface
General Introduction
D. P. Chattopadhyaya
Editor and Author
Contributors
I Antecedents: Two Regional Economies

1. The Economy of the Ghaznavid Empire, Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Irfan Habib
2. The Economy of Gujarat in the Thirteenth Century Pushpa Prasad

II Economy of the Period of the Delhi Sultanate

3. Forests, Deserts and Untilled Lands Irfan Habib
4. Means of Cultivation and Irrigation Irfan Habib
5. Crops Irfan Habib
6. Agricultural Manufactures Irfan Habib
7. The Pastoral Sector Irfan Habib
8. The Agrarian Classes Irfan Habib
9. Land Tax and Other Rural Taxes Irfan Habib
10. Non-agricultural Production Irfan Habib
11. Forms of Labour Irfan Habib
12. Transport, Communications and Navigation Irfan Habib
13. Towns and Trade Irfan Habib
14. The State and Economy Shireen Moosvi
15. Coinage and the Silver Crisis Najaf Haider
16. Foreign Trade of India Najaf Haider

III India in the Fifteenth Century

17. Economic Implications of Political Disintegration Iqtidar Alam Khan

IV The Economy of the Vijayanagara Empire (1346?1542)

18. The Empire Irfan Habib
19. Agriculture and Irrigation Irfan Habib
20. Structure of the Agrarian Economy Irfan Habib
21. The Financial Structure of the Empire Irfan Habib
22. Towns, Mines, Manufactures and Trade Irfan Habib