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CONTENTS.

Chapter. Pages.

I. Introduction 1—17

Preliminary remarks; nature of Mughal Land Revenue System; technique to be met with in the nomenclature of the system.

II. Akbar's Land Revenue System 18—48

Land revenue system before Akbar; Akbar's land revenue system; Raja Todar Mal; new official machinery; administration of individual subas how the taksim jamma was compiled; summary.

III. Under the Later Mughals 49—66

Partial survival of Akbar's system; land revenue system under the later Mughals; Murshid Kuli Khan's settlement of the Deccan.

IV. State's Proprietorship of the Soil 67—74

Ancient Hindu Practices; under the Mughal Empire; Bernier's observations.

V. Currency System of the Mughal Empire 75—98

General principles of Mughal currency; Prof. Hodivala's researches in Mughal numismatics; inadequacy of currency and general crude ideas about the rights of the cultivators when paying revenue; bimetallic standard; rate of exchange; a comprehensive study of the history of Mughal coins.

VI. Conclusion 99—103

Hindu land systems; under the Mughal empire—tentative yet sufficient for the mediæval times; British system only an outgrowth of the system under the Mughals; the future.

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