CONTENTS.
Chapter. Pages.
I. | Introduction | 1—17 |
Preliminary remarks; nature of Mughal Land Revenue System; technique to be met with in the nomenclature of the system. | ||
II. | Akbar's Land Revenue System | 18—48 |
Land revenue system before Akbar; Akbar's land revenue system; Raja Todar Mal; new official machinery; administration of individual subas how the taksim jamma was compiled; summary. | ||
III. | Under the Later Mughals | 49—66 |
Partial survival of Akbar's system; land revenue system under the later Mughals; Murshid Kuli Khan's settlement of the Deccan. | ||
IV. | State's Proprietorship of the Soil | 67—74 |
Ancient Hindu Practices; under the Mughal Empire; Bernier's observations. | ||
V. | Currency System of the Mughal Empire | 75—98 |
General principles of Mughal currency; Prof. Hodivala's researches in Mughal numismatics; inadequacy of currency and general crude ideas about the rights of the cultivators when paying revenue; bimetallic standard; rate of exchange; a comprehensive study of the history of Mughal coins. | ||
VI. | Conclusion | 99—103 |
Hindu land systems; under the Mughal empire—tentative yet sufficient for the mediæval times; British system only an outgrowth of the system under the Mughals; the future. |