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082			_a330.934 _bSAB/H
100			_aSabahuddin, Abdul
245		0	_aHistory of ancient Indian economy/ _cAbdul Sabahuddin,Rajashree Shukla
260			_aNew Delhi : _bGlobal Vision Publishing House, _c2010.
300			_avii,368p. : _c22cm.
504			_aIncludes index. Contains bibliography.
505			_aPreface (v); 1. Introduction 1 -- 2. Evolution of Material Culture: Its Scope and Importance 25 -- Method of Enquiry; Difficulties in Reconstructing Indian Economic History; Other Literary Works and their Evidence; Arthasastra -- 3. Intellectual Advancement and Material Progress in Pre Indus Civilisation 47 -- Environment and Natural Wealth; Economic Considerations about the Fauna; New Settlement and Material Advancement -- 4. The Economy of the Indus Civilization 73. Agrarian Economy; Crops Cultivation; Water and Irrigation; Animal Husbandry; Faunal Collections; Hunting and Gathering of Forest Resources; Mercantile Economy; Weights and Measures; Seals; Distribution Mechanisms; South Asian Trade and Exchange; Procurement Centers; Overland Trade Across the Iranian Plateau; Gulf Trade; Nature of Sumerian-Harappan Trade Relations -- 5. The Aryans Settlement and their Economic Progress 125 -- Original Home of the Aryans; The Primitive Aryans and the Indo-Aryans; Division into Periods; Social Organisation; The Vedic Village or the Grama; Ownership of Village Land; Nature of Private Ownership; Idea of Village Corporation; Growth of Towns; Development of Agriculture; Cultivated Plants; Agricultural Implements and Irrigation; Agricultural Labour; The Agriculturist's Ideal; Sheep and Cattle-Rearing; Hunting and Fishing; Growth of Arts and Crafts; Knowledge of and Working in Metals; Labour and Occupations; Non-Industrial and Menial Occupations; Labour; Existence of Guilds; Trade and Commerce; Maritime Trade; Exchange -- Its Methods and Mediums; Us of Gold as Medium of Exchange; Socio-Economic Life in the Vedic Age; The Vedic House; Household Furniture and Implements; Domestic Labour and Household Economy; The Vedic Householder's Condition; Capitalism; Money Dealings and Debts; Development of a Landed Aristocract; Social Inequalities -- 6. Economic Background of Epic Society 207; Agricultural Economy; Trade. 7. Buddhist Economy: Concept and Practice 247; State Revenue; Industrial Specialisation; Trade Mechanism; Exchange Mechanism -- 8. Mauryan Politics and Political Economics 269; Economic Regulations; Emergence of a Mercantile Community; Existence of Slaves Revenue and Taxation; People Participation and State Control -- 9. Economic Regulations and Industrial Development under the Gupta Rule 313; Development of Art and Crafts; Urbanisation Guild Society; Corporate Regulation and Industrial Life; System of Exchange -- 10. Economic Life under Harsha Rule 341; Agrarian Economy; Ownership of Land and Property; Development of Various Industries; Commerce and Trade; Commercial Relations with Foreign Countries; Coinage Under Harsha; Urbanisation;
650			_aIndia -- Economic conditions -- To 1000.
650			_aEconomic history--India.
700			_aShukla, Rajashree
942			_cWB16