Habib, Irfan, <br/><br/>
The agrarian system of Mughal India, 1556-1707 / 
Irfan Habib. 
 - New Delhi ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  1963. 
 - xvii, 548 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-507) and index. 
<br/><br/>I. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION<br/>1. Extent of Cultivation -- 2. Means of Cultivation and Irrigation -- 3. The Crops and other agricultural<br/>Produce -- 4. Agricultural Manufactures<br/><br/>II. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE<br/>1. Long-distance Trade -- 2. Local Trade; the Peasant and the Market -- 3. Movements of Agricultural Prices<br/><br/>III. MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE PEASANTRY<br/>1. General Description -- 2. Famines<br/><br/>IV. THE PEASANT AND THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY<br/>1. Agrarian Property; the Peasant and the Land -- 2. Peasants and Labourers  -- 3. The Village Community -- 4. Village Officials <br/><br/>V. THE ZAMINDARS<br/>1. Nature of Zamindari Right -- 2. Genesis, Composition and Strength of the Zamindar Class -- 3. Imperial Administration and the Zamindars -- 4. Autonomous Chiefs <br/><br/>VI. THE LAND REVENUE<br/>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<br/>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<br/><br/>VII. REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS<br/>1. Jagirs and Khalisa -- 2. The Machinery of Revenue Administration<br/><br/>VIII. REVENUE GRANTS<br/><br/>IX. THE AGRARIAN CRISIS OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE<br/>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<br/><br/>APPENDICES<br/>A. MEASURES OF LAND<br/>1. Gaz-i Sikandari<br/>2. Gaz-i llahi<br/>3. Bigha-i Daftari<br/><br/>B. WEIGHTS<br/>1. Standard Mans<br/>2. The Mans and Other Weights<br/>used in the Various Regions<br/>3. Weights used in European Sources<br/><br/>C. THE COINAGE AND THE GOLD AND COPPER VALUE OF THE RUPEE<br/>1. The Coinage<br/>2. Gold Value of the Rupee<br/>3. Copper Value of the Rupee<br/>4. The 'Price Revolution' in India<br/><br/>D. REVENUE STATISTICS<br/>1. Jama'<br/>2. Hasil<br/><br/>BIBLIOGRAPHY<br/>1. Contemporary and Earlier Sources<br/>2. Modem Works<br/><br/>ABBREVIATIONS<br/>INDEX<br/>ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS<br/>Iron ploughshare; Geared water-lift<br/>Map: Indus Basin and the Doab. Rivers and canals<br/>The oilman and his mill <br/>Kabir preaching<br/>Peasant listening to sufic singers<br/>Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844<br/>Peasant listening to sufic singers<br/>Maps: Jat zamindari, 1595 and 1844 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198077424  9780198077428 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--India<br/>Agriculture and state--History--India
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.025  / HAB/A