History of India: ancient and medieval / The Mughal empire
Agrarian society, trade and European travellers
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Khud-kashta and pahi-kashta peasants, village panchayat and headman, forests and tribes in Ain-i-Akbari
- Zamindars: hereditary rights, milkiyat, fortresses, role in revenue collection and revolts
- Maize, tobacco, chillies, potato, pineapple, papaya and guava enter via the Portuguese in the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries
- Bernier (crown ownership of land), Tavernier (diamonds and diamond mines), Thevenot, Manucci, Pelsaert, Peter Mundy
- Inland and overseas trade, hundi and sarrafs, silver inflow, Surat and Masulipatnam, Banjaras
Where to study
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 8
- Theme 5
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 16
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 1. Peasants and Agricultural Production; 2. The Village Community; 4. Forests and Tribes, pp. 1-15 (printed 196-210)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 5. The Zamindars; A parallel army!, pp. 16-17 (printed 211-212)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 1. Peasants and Agricultural Production: The spread of tobacco; Agricultural prosperity and population growth, pp. 5-6 (printed 200-201)
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, 7. The Flow of Silver; How silver came to India, pp. 20-22 (printed 215-217)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.10 Economy (new crops), p. 51 (printed 47)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.7 Shah Jahan; 14.10 Economy (Bernier, Tavernier, Manucci), pp. 46-53 (printed 42-49)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Trade and Commerce, pp. 51-52 (printed 47-48)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society
- Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers, 3. Francois Bernier: A Doctor with a Difference; 6. Bernier and the 'Degenerate' East, pp. 8-20 (printed 122-134)