Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-17(i)    Course Name: Medieval Indian Economy (1200 -1750)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Medieval Indian Agronomy: Land Ownership and Production; Nature and Magnitude of Taxation; Agrarian Communities and Land Relations
2 Industrial and Handicraft Production: Textiles and Agro-Industries; Metal Technology; Artisans; Mercantile Classes/Groups and their Role in Production
3 Trade, Commerce and Capital Accumulation: Trade and Commerce; Currency, Banking and Hundi System; Process of Urbanization
4 Systemic Crisis in Mughal Empire: The Agrarian Crisis; Sources of Tensions and Conflicts inherent in the Imperial System; Patterns of Resistance; Decline and Fall of Mughal Empire; Interpreting the 18th Century: Historical Debate
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