A unique examination of the development of the modern Indian economy over the past 150 years.

This book presents the first comprehensive account of the history of economic growth in modern India.

The death of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1707 until the annexation of Maratha territories by the British East India Company in 1818 was a period of transiti

Using historical and ethnographic analyses, this book shows how Indian markets are embedded in society and politically contested.

The studies on economic history of modern India had a very late beginning. During the early stage of historiography, a few historians recognized the connection