Author: W H Moreland
Publisher: LP Publications
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 364
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175361573
Description
This is a study of Indian Economic History. The economic position is sketched at the opening of the seventeenth century.
This is a study of Indian Economic history. The economic position is sketched at the opening of the seventeenth century. The period covers by the reigns of the Mughal Emperors Jahangir and Shahjahan. Apart from chronological or dynastic consideration, this period has a unity of its own. In the region of commerce it is, marked by the practical elimination of the Portuguese, the establishment of Dutch and English merchants in the country, and the first experimental phase of the newcomers' activities; while in the wider economic sphere it covers the most significant stage in the deterioration of Akbar's administrative institutions.
The author has tried to arrange the book in such a way that, while it should be intelligible to ordinary readers, it should serve serious students as an introduction to the original literature. The book is divided into ten chapters. In the five appendices, the author has elaborated the details pertaining to the Dutch and English Companies. Early Dutch Exports to Europe, Mughal revenue Statistics, Currency, Weights and Measures and a list of Authorities. The order of the study has been determined mainly by the nature of the materials which are available.
Contents
CHAPTER 1
THE ASIATIC ENVIRONMENT
The Political Situation
The Portuguese Maritime Empire
The Advent of the Dutch and English
Dutch Progress and Portuguese Decay
CHAPTER 2
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUTCH AND ENGLISH COMMERCE IN INDIA
First Attempts, and the Factories on the Coromandel Coast
The Factories in Western India
The Extension to Bengal
CHAPTER 3
CHANGES IN THE FOREIGN COMMERCE OF INDIA
The Commercial Position of India at the Opening of the Seventeenth Century
The Provision of Purchasing Power
The Companies' Asiatic Trade
Changes in the Course of the Import Trade
Changes in the Asiatic Export Trade
The Indian Shipping Industry
CHAPTER 4
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MARKETS IN WESTERN EUROPE
Trade with western Europe at the opening of the seventeenth Century
Volume of the Export Trade to Western Europe
Indigo
Saltpetre
Cotton Goods
Other Commodities, and General Remarks
CHAPTER 5
THE COURSE OF INDIAN MARKETS
General Features of the Markets
Personnel and Organization
The Indigo Market in Gujarat
The Markets for Imported Goods
Food-Grains and Silver
Gold and Copper
CHAPTER 6
PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Changes in Production
Consumption
CHAPTER 7
THE ECONOMIC RESULTS OF FAMINE
The Nature and Frequency of Famines
The Famine of 1630-31
CHAPTER 8
THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION
The Position of Foreign Merchants in Indian States
Indian Administrative Systems
The Farming System in The South
Administrative Changes in the Mogul Empire
The Statistics of Mogul Laud Revenue
CHAPTER 9
THE SYSTEM OF TAXATION
A General View of the Fiscal System
The Mogul Imperial Resources
Provincial and Local Resources
CHAPTER 10
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION