The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 (Third Edition)

by Irfan Habib

This book provides a comprehensive account of land revenue, administration, agrarian economy, and social structure in India during the Mughal period. It examines areas like agricultural production and technology; trade in agricultural produce, conditions of the peasantry; zamindars; revenue grants and assignments; and the agrarian crisis of the Mughal Empire. The volume also provides information on land measurements; weights; coinages; revenue statistics; price movements; and the village community. Including a comprehensive bibliography, descriptive index, illustrations, and maps, this book is a compulsory read for students, teachers, and scholars of medieval India particularly those interested in agrarian systems.

Genres: History, India, Nonfiction, Economics

548 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

Reviews

[Ajay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Irfan Habib who wrote this book does not even mention Jadunath Sarkar who had for the first time dug out rare and hard-to-find primary sources related to this period. Habib’s other contemporaries gleefully joined in this destructive project with Jihadist glee. Names like Satish Chandra, Nurul Hasan…the “eminent historians” completed the Caesaresque backstabbing. By the 1970s, Jadunath Sarkar’s body of work was near-totally banished from the academia. No history student wishing to get a degree dared mention let alone cite Jadunath Sarkar except in disparaging terms.

Those who dont know check Jadunath Sarkar's bibliography. He was one of the amazing historian like RC Majumdar. And Jadunath Sarkar have wrote so many books on Mughal and no one mentioned him now a days, its simply whitewashing of his name and his books.

[Aayush Raj · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an extensive account if various aspects of agriculture in India during the period of the Mughals. It gives an extensive and detailed account to the readers and at the same time draws parallel with the contemporary agricultural system.

The book is gigantic in its research and is very coherently presented to the readers. It might be cumbersome for a few to read due to its sheer reference to various data and figures, but that is the essence of why the book is relevant.

The book is a must read for those trying to understand the Indian agricultural system and its historical evolution.

[Nirav]

Nothing

[Doris Raines · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE THIS BOOK INDIANS ARE SO SMART AND TALENTED THERE IS NO REAL WESTERNS WITHOUT INDIANS YOU NO.🐎🐎🐎 🇮🇳 .🤙🍿 .THANKS.

[Rather Umar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book so far

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[Jshdshd]

good book