An Economic History of IndiaRoutledge, 2002 M11 1 - 240 pages Much has been written on the Indian economy but this is the first major attempt to present India's economic history as a continuous process, and to place the development of agriculture, industry and currency in a political and historical context. |
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Page vii
... established which benefited the alien usurpers and paralysed the host, who survived under conditions of a low-level equilibrium. In the twentieth century India came under the influence of the world market to an increasing extent. The ...
... established which benefited the alien usurpers and paralysed the host, who survived under conditions of a low-level equilibrium. In the twentieth century India came under the influence of the world market to an increasing extent. The ...
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... established channels of trade were well financed, but new ventures and investments would rarely find the necessary credit. Among the most well-established branches of trade was the export trade, and especially trade with Europeans who ...
... established channels of trade were well financed, but new ventures and investments would rarely find the necessary credit. Among the most well-established branches of trade was the export trade, and especially trade with Europeans who ...
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... established its stronghold in a fertile area on the lower Yellow River, where Kaifeng was their first capital. Under this dynasty, China experienced a veritable renaissance in the eleventh century AD. Pressed by the powerful hordes of ...
... established its stronghold in a fertile area on the lower Yellow River, where Kaifeng was their first capital. Under this dynasty, China experienced a veritable renaissance in the eleventh century AD. Pressed by the powerful hordes of ...
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... established closer connections among such coastal enclaves than those they had with their immediate hinterland. The men on horseback who ruled the hinterland were busy collecting their land revenue and did not bother to disturb the ...
... established closer connections among such coastal enclaves than those they had with their immediate hinterland. The men on horseback who ruled the hinterland were busy collecting their land revenue and did not bother to disturb the ...
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... establishing a trade with Indian textiles as the Dutch did, and their textile trade soon surpassed their spice trade ... established in London in 1600, two years before the Dutch company, was initially much less important. The amount of ...
... establishing a trade with Indian textiles as the Dutch did, and their textile trade soon surpassed their spice trade ... established in London in 1600, two years before the Dutch company, was initially much less important. The amount of ...
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