People Taxation And Trade In Mughal India

Author : Shireen Moosvi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015076112930

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People, Taxation, and Trade in Mughal India by Shireen Moosvi Pdf

This comprehensive collection of essays by one of the most well-known historians of Mughal history is based on strong empirical grounding and primary sources. Integrating statistical analysis with socio-economic history, Shireen Moosvi contributes to our understanding of a range of subjects relating to the medieval Indian economy. The book discusses five themes that deal with the economic experience of people as well as the states. The collection has a wide range which includes analysis of varied regions such as Deccan, Surat, Kashmir apart from the Mughal north India. It discusses economy and administration in the lifetimes of three Mughal EmperorsAkbar, Shahjahan, and Aurangzeb. The volume discusses crucial aspects of Mughal domains which hardly many historians have analysed systematically. These essays deal with population and settlement patterns, political problems and their economic linkages, work patterns and their relation with gender, provincial and imperial administration and finance.

Author : Mohammad Idris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Moghul Empire
ISBN : UVA:X004963653

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Foreign Trade Under Mughals by Mohammad Idris Pdf

Author : Parthasarathi Shome
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030682149

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Taxation History, Theory, Law and Administration by Parthasarathi Shome Pdf

Tax practitioners are unfamiliar with tax theory. Tax economists remain unfamiliar with tax law and tax administration. Most textbooks relate mainly to the US, UK or European experiences. Students in emerging economies remain unfamiliar with their own taxation history. This textbook fills those gaps. It covers the concept of taxes in regards to their rationale, principles, design, and common errors. It addresses distortions in consumer choices and production decisions caused by tax and redressals. The main principles of taxation—efficiency, equity, stabilization, revenue productivity, administrative feasibility, international neutrality—are presented and discussed. The efficiency principle requires the minimisation of distortions in the market caused by tax. Equity in taxation is another principle that is maintained through progressivity in the tax structure. Similarly, other principles have their own ramifications that are also addressed. A country’s constitutional specification of tax assignment to different levels of government—central, state, municipal—are elaborated. The UK is more centralised than the US and India. India has amended its constitution to introduce a goods and services tax (GST) covering both central and state governments. Drafting of tax law is crucial for clarity and this aspect is addressed. Furthermore, the author illustrates different types of taxes such as individual income tax, corporate income tax, wealth tax, retail sales/value added/goods and services tax, selective excises, property tax, minimum taxes such as the minimum alternate tax (MAT), cash-flow tax, financial transactions tax, fringe benefits tax, customs duties and export taxes, environment tax and global carbon tax, and user charges. An emerging concern regarding the inadequacy of international taxation of multinational corporations is covered in some detail. Structural aspects of tax administration are given particular attention.

Author : Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla,Patrick K. O'Brien,Francisco Comín Comín
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107013513

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The Rise of Fiscal States by Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla,Patrick K. O'Brien,Francisco Comín Comín Pdf

Leading economic historians present a groundbreaking series of country case studies exploring the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia.

Author : Suraiya Faroqhi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788318723

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The Ottoman and Mughal Empires by Suraiya Faroqhi Pdf

For many years, Ottomanist historians have been accustomed to study the Ottoman Empire and/or its constituent regions as entities insulated from the outside world, except when it came to 'campaigns and conquests' on the one hand, and 'incorporation into the European-dominated world economy' on the other. However, now many scholars have come to accept that the Ottoman Empire was one of the - not very numerous - long-lived 'world empires' that have emerged in history. This comparative social history compares the Ottoman to another of the great world empires, that of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent, exploring source criticism, diversities in the linguistic and religious fields as political problems, and the fates of ordinary subjects including merchants, artisans, women and slaves.

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317586920

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Warfare in Pre-British India – 1500BCE to 1740CE by Kaushik Roy Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive survey of warfare in India up to the point where the British began to dominate the sub-continent. It discusses issues such as how far was the relatively bloodless nature of pre-British Indian warfare the product of stateless Indian society? How far did technology determine the dynamics of warfare in India? Did warfare in this period have a particular Indian nature and was it ritualistic? The book considers land warfare including sieges, naval warfare, the impact of horses, elephants and gunpowder, and the differences made by the arrival of Muslim rulers and by the influx of other foreign influences and techniques. The book concludes by arguing that the presence of standing professional armies supported by centralised bureaucratic states have been underemphasised in the history of India.

Author : Shireen Moosvi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Mogul Empire
ISBN : 0199450544

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The Economy of the Mughal Empire, C.1595 by Shireen Moosvi Pdf

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Centre of Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317321286

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Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia by Kaushik Roy Pdf

Roy investigates the various factors that influenced the formation and mobilization of military forces in the region from 300 BC to the modern day.

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780938004

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Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750 by Kaushik Roy Pdf

A substantial amount of work has been carried out to explore the military systems of Western Europe during the early modern era, but the military trajectories of the Asian states have received relatively little attention. This study provides the first comparative study of the major Asian empires' military systems and explores the extent of the impact of West European military transition on the extra-European world. Kaushik Roy conducts a comparative analysis of the armies and navies of the large agrarian bureaucratic empires of Asia, focusing on the question of how far the Asian polities were able to integrate gunpowder weapons in their military systems. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750 offers important insights into the common patterns in war making across the region, and the impact of firearms and artillery.

Author : Michael H. Fisher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107111622

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An Environmental History of India by Michael H. Fisher Pdf

This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.

Author : Anthony Read,David Fisher
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0393318982

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The Proudest Day by Anthony Read,David Fisher Pdf

A riveting account of the end of the Raj--the most romantic of all the great empires--told in compelling and colorful detail by the authors of "The Deadly Embrace" and "The Fall of Berlin." of photos.

Author : James Belich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691219165

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The World the Plague Made by James Belich Pdf

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale never before witnessed. The World the Plague Made is a panoramic history of how the bubonic plague revolutionized labour, trade, and technology and set the stage for Europe’s global expansion. James Belich takes readers across centuries and continents to shed new light on one of history’s greatest paradoxes. Why did Europe’s dramatic rise begin in the wake of the Black Death? Belich shows how plague doubled the per capita endowment of everything even as it decimated the population. Many more people had disposable incomes. Demand grew for silks, sugar, spices, furs, gold, and slaves. Europe expanded to satisfy that demand—and plague provided the means. Labour scarcity drove more use of waterpower, wind power, and gunpowder. Technologies like water-powered blast furnaces, heavily gunned galleons, and musketry were fast-tracked by plague. A new “crew culture” of “disposable males” emerged to man the guns and galleons. Setting the rise of Western Europe in global context, Belich demonstrates how the mighty empires of the Middle East and Russia also flourished after the plague, and how European expansion was deeply entangled with the Chinese and other peoples throughout the world.

Author : Nandini Chatterjee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108486033

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Land and Law in Mughal India by Nandini Chatterjee Pdf

In this innovative, micro-historical approach to law, empire and society in India from the Mughal to the colonial period, Nandini Chatterjee explores the dramatic, multi-generational story of a family of Indian landlords negotiating the laws of three empires: Mughal, Maratha and British. This title is also available as Open Access.

Author : Monika Sharma
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781482840360

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Socio-Cultural Life of Merchants in Mughal Gujarat by Monika Sharma Pdf

Socio - Cultural Life of Merchants in Mughal Gujarat by Monika Sharma focuses on the identification of the varied communities involved in commercial activities and maritime trade - Banias, Bohras. Parsis, Khojas, Memons, Ghanchis, Chalebis, Armenians and European during 16th-17th centuries. The project embraces life-style, traditions, festivals, institutions and the professional aspects of merchants life. The study explores the region of Gujarat its geographical layout, urban set-up, trade centres, cities, manufacturing centres, ports and trade routes. The living standards, viz. housing, system of education, entertainment, the status women, food habits, dresses, ornaments and other aspects of their daily life etc. are investigated in order to make a comparative study of the different cultures. The study intends to know about the religion, social activities, festivals, rituals, marriages, customs and mores followed. The present work entails the investigation of custom, rituals and mores related to society and religion of the various merchant communities. One can also discern the existing social evils like sati, polygamy and enforced widowhood. The focal point of the study is merchants-Mughal nexus too, which is vital to understand the benefits accrued by the merchant communities. In what manner the proximity with imperial court benefitted them and resulted in their social elevation. One of the objectives of this study would be contextualize the idea of money for different merchants, which is discussed in chapter six. How the various communities invested their money to acquire political and social advantages. The stable system of brokers, sarraf and sahukars, mahajan, and nagarsheth which sustained the community are also focussed.

Author : John Marriott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317042525

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Imperial Histories by John Marriott Pdf

Written by leading scholars, this collection provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of modern empires. Spanning the era of modern imperial history from the early sixteenth century to the present, it challenges both the rather insular focuses on specific experiences, and gives due attention to imperial formations outside the West including the Russian, Japanese, Mughal, Ottoman and Chinese. The companion is divided into three broad sections. Part I - Times - surveys the three main eras of modern imperialism. The first was that dominated by the settlement impulse, with migrants - many voluntarily and many more by force - making new lives in the colonies. This impulse gave way, most especially in the nineteenth century, to a period of busy and rapid expansion which was less likely to promote new settlement, and in which colonists more frequently saw their sojourn in colonial lands as temporary and related to the business mostly of governance and trade. Lastly, in the twentieth century in particular, empires began to fail and to fall. Part II - Spaces - studies the principal imperial formations of the modern world. Each chapter charts the experience of a specific empire while at the same time placing it within the complex patterns of wider imperial constellations. The individual chapters thus survey the broad dynamics of change within the empires themselves and their relationships with other imperial formations, and reflect critically on the ways in which these topics have been approached in the literature. In Part III - Themes - scholars think critically about some of the key features of imperial expansion and decline. These chapters are brief and many are provocative. They reflect the current state of the field, and suggest new lines of inquiry which may follow from more comparative perspectives on empire. The broad range of themes captures the vitality and diversity of contemporary scholarship on questions of empire and colonialism, encompassing political, economic and cultural processes central to the formation and maintenance of empires as well as institutions, ideologies and social categories that shaped the lives both of those implementing and those experiencing the force of empire. In these pages the reader will find the slave and the criminal, the merchant and the maid, the scientist and the artist alongside the structures which sustained their lives and their livelihoods. Overall, the companion emphasises the diversity of imperial experience and process. Comprehensive in its scope, it draws attention to the particularities of individual empires, rather than over-generalising as if all empires, at all times, and in all places, behaved in a similar manner. It is this contingent and historical specificity that enables us to explore in expansive ways precisely what constituted the modern empire.