The Economy of the Mughal Empire c. 1595

Shireen Moosvi is a former Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, has published widely on Mughal India and the economic history of colonial times.

List of Maps and Figures; Preface to This Edition; Excerpt from the Preface to the First Edition (1987); INTRODUCTION; 1. The Statistics and Their Sources; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; 2. Extent of Cultivation; 3. Agricultural Productivity: Crops and Yields; LAND REVENUE; 4. Land-Revenue Demand; 5. Land-Revenue Realization; LOCAL CLAIMS TO AGRARIAN SURPLUS; 6. Revenue Grants; 7. The Zamindars Share in the Surplus; THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS AMONG THE RULING CLASS;
8. Imperial Finance: Total Income and Accumulation; 9. The Salary Bill of the Man?abdars; 10. Expenditure on the Imperial Military Establishment; 11. Expenditure on the Imperial Household; 12.
Diffusion and Consumption of the Surplus; THE URBAN ECONOMY; 13. The Extent of Urbanization; 14. Prices and Wages; MONEY SUPPLY AND FOREIGN TRADE; 15. Money, Price Changes and Credit; 16. Foreign Trade and the Internal Economy; POPULATION AND NATIONAL INCOME; 17. Population; 18. The Gross National Product of the Mughal Empire, c.15956; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; About the Author