Day: January 18, 2020

Craft Production in Mughal Period (16th and 17th Century) India had high level of craft production during Mughal period. Craft production was basically governed by the demand and consumption in the home market and linked with the pattern of trade and commerce. The increase in demand in overseas markets in the 17th Century was so […]

The state of indigenous education, its dislocation; Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy, the Introduction of western education in India; During the eighteenth century the Hindu and Muslim seats of learning languished, The numerous political convulsions in the country created abnormal conditions hardly conducive to intellectual pursuits both in teachers and pupils. The East India Company became a ruling […]

Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule: Famine and poverty in the rural interior The ancient and medieval India did not enjoy absolute immunity from famines. The Arthashastra mentions famine relief measures. Famines took place during the reigns of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, Akbar, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb. But what differed then was the frequency of famines […]