Day: April 7, 2020

Economy and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Towns- Part II URBAN LIFE Sources for the study of the Mughal Empire abound with descriptions of urban life. Standard of Living Standard of living in a Medieval city shows striking contrast. selfstudyhistory.com While the’upper strata led a life-style akin to the royalty, the urban poor […]

Economy and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Towns- Part I According to Abdul Fazl, “People that are attached to the world will collect in towns, without which there would be no progress.“ After the growth of towns and town-life during the Sultanat period, the process of the growth of towns became faster during […]

Deccan policy of Mughals Mughal’s Deccan policy mainly begins with Akbar and then it evolved under Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. Under Akbar (1556 to 1605) There were several factors which determined Akbar’s approach towards Deccan: Imperial approach commercial interest strategic perspective checking growing power of Portuguese checking sectarian conflicts selfstudyhistory.com Akbar’s Deccan policy Diplomatic mission: […]

State of politics, culture and economy on the eve of the British conquest State of Politics The first half of the eighteenth century saw the decline of the mighty Mughals, who had been the envy of their contemporaries for almost two centuries. selfstudyhistory.com The reign of Aurangzeb (1658-1707) proved to signify the beginning of the […]

Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Condition of women Family Life: Joint family has traditionally been the most important institution of domestic life. Some of the broad features of family system: In most parts of India, the family system was mainly patriarchal in character. The senior male member was the head of the family. […]