"This book provides a comprehensive account of land revenue, administration, agrarian economy, and social structure in India during the Mughal period. It examines areas like agricultural production and technology; trade in agricultural produce, conditions of the peasantry; zamindars; revenue grants and assignments; and the agrarian crisis of the Mughal Empire. The volume also provides information on land measurements; weights; coinages; ..."
"Language: EnglishPages: 524About the BookMohammad Habib (1895-1971) was one of the foremost historians of medieval India. This volume presents a representative collection of this works, which in their time brought many innovative ideas to the study of the Delhi sultanate. He examines not just the emperors-their campaigns, strategies, and political ideas-but also the conditions of peasants, artisans, weavers, and the mass of people of th ..."
Medieval India 1(Updated) Researches in the History of India 1200-1750 by IrfanHabib Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1998 by Oup India ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564658-0, ISBN: 0-19-564658-4
"Medieval Indian history has gained much from recent researches, based on a more extensive and critical use of sources and directed towards the illumination of aspects of political, social, economic and cultural history that had previously been inadequately treated. The papers collected in this volume draw mainly upon work done at Aligarh, the principal seat of Medieval Indian studies today. They aim at exploring new themes without aba ..."
"This coloured atlas provides detailed information on various aspects of ancient India-society, economy, polity. Individual maps pertaining to distinct historical periods explore the kingdoms and dynasties, geopolitical orbits, cropping and vegetation patterns, minerals, industries and other economic activities. The maps cover the entire period from early beginnings of civilization to the early medieval. Based on recent excavations and r ..."
Essays in Indian History Towards a Marxist Perception (Anthem South Asian Studies) by IrfanHabib Paperback, 436 Pages, Published 2002 by Anthem Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84331-025-9, ISBN: 1-84331-025-2
"133 U.N. Ghoshal, Hindu Revenue System, p. 71. 134 Arthasastra, 11:15,
translated by Shamasastry, Mysore, 1967, p. 99. 135 Translations of the
passages in Diodorus Siculus and Strabo are in R.C. Majumdar (ed.),
ClassicalAccounts oflndia, pp. 237, 264. There is some doubt as to whether
Strabo means that the peasants paid or received onefourth of the produce.
Diodorus is apparently unambiguous here, ibid, p. 287, n 20; but see U.N.
..."
Essays in Indian History(Updated) Towards a Marxist Perception ; With, The Economic History of Medieval India: a Survey by IrfanHabib Hardcover, 436 Pages, Published 2002 by Anthem Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84331-061-7, ISBN: 1-84331-061-9
"This volume brings together, for the first time, several of Professor Habib's essays, representing three decades of scholarship and providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history from the standpoint of Marxist historiography. The collection examines the role played by the peasantry and caste in Indian history; explores the forms of class struggle and the stage of Indian economic development in Mughal India ..."
Confronting Colonialism(Updated) Resistance and Modernization under Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan (Anthem South Asian Studies) by IrfanHabib Hardcover, 258 Pages, Published 2002 by Anthem Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84331-060-0, ISBN: 1-84331-060-0
"Edited and with an introduction by Professor Habib, 'Confronting Colonialism' is a series of essays commemorating the second centenary of Tipu's final battle against the British at Sriranagapatnam in 1799. The essays, devoted to the history of Mysore under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan, underscore the need to defend the memory of two rulers, who were indomitable opponents of the colonial regime; they also emphasize the centrality of Haider ..."
Confronting Colonialism Resistance and Modernization under Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan (Anthem South Asian Studies) by IrfanHabib Paperback, 258 Pages, Published 2002 by Anthem Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84331-024-2, ISBN: 1-84331-024-4
"Edited and with an introduction by Professor Habib, 'Confronting Colonialism' is a series of essays commemorating the second centenary of Tipu's final battle against the British at Sriranagapatnam in 1799. The essays, devoted to the history of Mysore under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan, underscore the need to defend the memory of two rulers, who were indomitable opponents of the colonial regime; they also emphasize the centrality of Haider ..."
"The first edition of the book aimed at presenting a mass of critically analysed material on the agrarian conditions of pre-colonial India - a subject which till then had received little attention. This revised and updated edition has much that is new in both descrition and perception. There isan expanded bibliography, a new descriptive index and new illustrations and maps."
Class, Caste and Colony India from the Mughal Period to the British Raj by IrfanHabib Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1997 by Verso Press Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-143-3, ISBN: 1-85984-143-0
Class, Caste and Colony India from the Mughal Period to the British Raj by IrfanHabib Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1997 by Verso Press Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-812-8, ISBN: 1-85984-812-5
"The Cambridge Economic History of India, published in two volumes, aims at tracing the changes in the economy of India from the thirteenth to the middle of the present century and beyond. The second volume covers the period 1757-1970, from the establishment of British rule to its termination, with epilogues on the post-Independence period. Part I opens with a broad description of the economy in the middle of the eighteenth century, then ..."
Atlas of the Mughal Empire by IrfanHabib Hardcover, 182 Pages, Published 1982 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-560379-8, ISBN: 0-19-560379-6
"Political and Economic Maps with detailed notes, bibliography and index."
Situating the history of science(Updated) dialogues with Joseph Needham by IrfanHabib Paperback, 370 Pages, Published 2001 by Oup India ISBN-13: 978-0-19-565750-0, ISBN: 0-19-565750-0
Akbar & His India(Updated) by IrfanHabib Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2000 by Oup India ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564632-0, ISBN: 0-19-564632-0
"This volume focuses on Akbar, his empire and environment, to present a picture of the polity and culture of India 400-500 years ago."
Akbar and His India by IrfanHabib Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 1997 by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-563791-5, ISBN: 0-19-563791-7
Medieval India 1(2nd Edition) Researches in the History of India 1200-1750 by IrfanHabib Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1993 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-562330-7, ISBN: 0-19-562330-4
"Medieval Indian history gained much from recent research, based on a more extensive and critical use of sources and directed toward the illumination of aspects of political, social, economic, and cultural history that had previously been inadequately treated. The papers collected in this volume draw mainly upon work done at Aligarh, the principal seat of Medieval Indian studies today. They aim at exploring new themes without abating t ..."
"05 D. Singh, 'The Role of the Mahajans in the Rural Economy of Eastern
Rajasthan during the 18th Century', Social Scientist, May 1974. 06 D. Singh, '
Local ... 1750-1800)', unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
1975- 07 D. Singh, 'Caste and the Structure of Village Society in Eastern
Rajasthan during the Eighteenth Century', IHR, 11 (2), 1976. 08 M. P. Singh, 'The
... 15b D. Howard Smith, 'Zaitun's five centuries of ..."