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India at the Death of Akbar. An Economic Study

1920

Under tke Moguls administration }meant primarily the collection of the land reventil and the adtainistrative ideal of the period was that the Emperor or his nominees should collect the revenue from the actual cultivators of the soil but this ideal was not ajwaystrealisable in practice and in various parts of the Empire we find that the local administration was in the hands of imen who art sp [...] This description is borne out in a general way by the portions of the " Account " in the Ain referring to the frontiers of the adjoining provinces : it is fairly certain that maly of the Chiefs in this area had not submitted to Akbar but I am inclined to include the area as a whole in his " sphere of influence " though not in his actual dominions% The general description given of the surface of [...] In the India of Akbar's time twct Objects were of paramount imporance : one was the assessment and collection of sufficient revenue the other was the supply of adequate contingents for the army and these two primary functions were largely in the hands of a single set of officers who also discharged most of the remaining duOieg and ilia particular were responsible for the preservation of in [...] from Mogul the into the Deccan Thevenot was alt once struck by the insolence of the tax-collectors acting in the nape df the lords to whom the villages ha& been granted and later on he noted that the King granted the land tp the highe4 bidder or to his favourites and that the nobles' made " extrawdinary Actions " on their grants while the weaness of the cential government allowed them to c [...] The title of Kotwal was in use in the Deccan as well as in the north and Tk6venot describes the Kotwal of Golconda as the chief officer of the city and also the chief judge.

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Pages
345
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142611
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xii W.H. Moreland view
Chapter I The Country and People I.The Country
1-30 unknown view
Chapter II The Administration on I.the form of Administration
31-62 unknown view
Chapter III The Consuming Classes I. The Court and the Imperial Service
63-95 unknown view
Chapter IV Agricultural Production I. Land Tenures
96-140 unknown view
Chapter V Non-Agricultural Production I. The General Position
141-195 unknown view
Chapter VI Commerce I. General Features
196-252 unknown view
Chapter VII The Standard of Life I.Introductory
253-281 unknown view
Chapter VIII The Wealth of India I. Contemporary Ideas
282-302 unknown view
Appendices
303-318 unknown view
Index
319-328 unknown view
Backmatter
i-iv unknown view

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