The Cambridge Economic History Of India Volume 1 C 1200 C 1750

Examines the history of India during the period c. 1200-c. 1750.

The First Volume Covers The Period From 1200 To 1750 As The Eve Of The Subjugation Of The Country And Its Economy By Britain. Some Of The Chapters Notably On The Sultanate And On Southern Indian Embody Findings Undertaken Specially For This Volume. But Almost All The Other Chapters Contain Data And New Interpretations So Far Unpublished.

Volume 2 of The Cambridge Economic History of India covers the period 1757-1970, from the establishment of British rule to its termination, with epilogues on the post-Independence period.

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.