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The Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707

By: Habib, Irfan Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999Edition: 2nd. Rev. edDescription: xvi, 547 p.; 22 cmISBN: 0195655958; 9780195655957Subject(s): Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India -- History | Agriculture and state -- India -- HistoryDDC classification: 954.025

Contents:

I. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 1. Extent of Cultivation -- 2. Means of Cultivation and Irrigation -- 3. The Crops and other agricultural Produce -- 4. Agricultural Manufactures II. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 1. Long-distance Trade -- 2. Local Trade; the Peasant and the Market -- 3. Movements of Agricultural Prices III. MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE PEASANTRY 1. General Description -- 2. Famines IV. THE PEASANT AND THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY 1. Agrarian Property; the Peasant and the Land -- 2. Peasants and Labourers -- 3. The Village Community -- 4. Village Officials V. THE ZAMINDARS 1. Nature of Zamindari Right -- 2. Genesis, Composition and Strength of the Zamindar Class -- 3. Imperial Administration and the Zamindars -- 4. Autonomous Chiefs VI. THE LAND REVENUE 1. Magnitude of the Land-Revenue Demand -- 2. Methods of Land-Revenue Assessment -- 3. The Systems of Revenue Assessment in the Different Regions -- 4. The Basic Unit of Assessment; the Individual Peasant Holding and the Village -- 5. The Medium of Payment -- 6. Collection of Land Revenue -- 7. Rural Taxes and Exactions Other than Land Revenue 8. Methods of Relief and Agricultural Development VII. REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS 1. Jagirs and Khalisa -- 2. The Machinery of Revenue Administration VIII. REVENUE GRANTS IX. THE AGRARIAN CRISIS OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE 1. The Empire and the Assignment System -- 2. Oppression of the Peasantry -- 3. Armed Resistance by the Peasantry -- 4. The Political Role of the Zamindars -- 5. Agfarian Aspects of the Revolts Against the Mughal Empire APPENDICES A. MEASURES OF LAND 1. Gaz-i Sikandari 2. Gaz-i llahi 3. Bigha-i Daftari B. WEIGHTS 1. Standard Mans 2. The Mans and Other Weights used in the Various Regions 3. Weights used in European Sources C. THE COINAGE AND THE GOLD AND COPPER VALUE OF THE RUPEE 1. The Coinage 2. Gold Value of the Rupee 3. Copper Value of the Rupee 4. The 'Price Revolution' in India D. REVENUE STATISTICS 1. Jama' 2. Hasil BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Contemporary and Earlier Sources 2. Modem Works ABBREVIATIONS INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS Iron ploughshare; Geared water-lift Map: Indus Basin and the Doab. Rivers and canals The oilman and his mill Kabir preaching Peasant listening to sufic singers Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844 Peasant listening to sufic singers Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	954.025 HAB/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Available		P00632
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	954.025 HAB/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available		051975

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I. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
1. Extent of Cultivation -- 2. Means of Cultivation and Irrigation -- 3. The Crops and other agricultural
Produce -- 4. Agricultural Manufactures

II. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
1. Long-distance Trade -- 2. Local Trade; the Peasant and the Market -- 3. Movements of Agricultural Prices

III. MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE PEASANTRY
1. General Description -- 2. Famines

IV. THE PEASANT AND THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY
1. Agrarian Property; the Peasant and the Land -- 2. Peasants and Labourers -- 3. The Village Community -- 4. Village Officials

V. THE ZAMINDARS
1. Nature of Zamindari Right -- 2. Genesis, Composition and Strength of the Zamindar Class -- 3. Imperial Administration and the Zamindars -- 4. Autonomous Chiefs

VI. THE LAND REVENUE
1. Magnitude of the Land-Revenue Demand -- 2. Methods of Land-Revenue Assessment -- 3. The Systems of Revenue Assessment in the Different Regions -- 4. The Basic Unit of Assessment; the
Individual Peasant Holding and the Village -- 5. The Medium of Payment -- 6. Collection of Land Revenue -- 7. Rural Taxes and Exactions Other than Land Revenue 8. Methods of Relief and Agricultural Development

VII. REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS
1. Jagirs and Khalisa -- 2. The Machinery of Revenue Administration

VIII. REVENUE GRANTS

IX. THE AGRARIAN CRISIS OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
1. The Empire and the Assignment System -- 2. Oppression of the Peasantry -- 3. Armed Resistance by the Peasantry -- 4. The Political Role of the Zamindars -- 5. Agfarian Aspects of the Revolts Against the Mughal Empire

APPENDICES
A. MEASURES OF LAND
1. Gaz-i Sikandari
2. Gaz-i llahi
3. Bigha-i Daftari

B. WEIGHTS
1. Standard Mans
2. The Mans and Other Weights
used in the Various Regions
3. Weights used in European Sources

C. THE COINAGE AND THE GOLD AND COPPER VALUE OF THE RUPEE
1. The Coinage
2. Gold Value of the Rupee
3. Copper Value of the Rupee
4. The 'Price Revolution' in India

D. REVENUE STATISTICS
1. Jama'
2. Hasil

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Contemporary and Earlier Sources
2. Modem Works

ABBREVIATIONS
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
Iron ploughshare; Geared water-lift
Map: Indus Basin and the Doab. Rivers and canals
The oilman and his mill
Kabir preaching
Peasant listening to sufic singers
Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844
Peasant listening to sufic singers
Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844

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