India at the Death of Akbar

The aim of the book India at the Death of Akbar: An Economic Study is to present a sketch of the economic life of India at the opening of?the?seventeenth?century?or?at?the?death?of?Akbar.

Here the author tells us about the country, the people, the admin­istration and its effect on trade and industry, the consuming classes, agricultural production, non-agricultural production, commerce, standard of life of the upper, middle and lower classes, the wealth of?India?and?its?distribution.

He has very closely looked into the Ain-i-Akbari to extract valuable statistics?for?his?construction?of?Akbar’s?revenue?system.