Day: April 11, 2020

Commerce with Europe through Dutch, English and French companies: a trade revolution For centuries India had maintained trading relations with other countries. The pattern of trade and commodities underwent changes over the period. During the Mughal period also India had a flourishing trade with a large number of foreign countries. The significant aspect, of foreign […]

Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Condition of peasants India is a land of villages. Even today the bulk of its population resides in villages. And what is true today would be even truer for those periods of history when industrial production was small, never going beyond a few scattered artisan and handicraft industries, […]

Maratha ascendancy under the Peshwas After death of Shivaji  in 1680, kingdom was troubled by dynastic factionalism and the constant pressure of the Mughal policy of conquest in the Deccan. selfstudyhistory.com Local deshmukhs (revenue officers) and zarnindars took advantage of the situation by sometimes aligning with the Mughals and sometimes joining hands with the Marathas. Shivaji […]