Ancient, medieval & culture

Concepts to cover

1. Khud-kashta and pahi-kashta peasants, village panchayat and headman, forests and tribes in Ain-i-Akbari
2. Zamindars: hereditary rights, milkiyat, fortresses, role in revenue collection and revolts
3. Maize, tobacco, chillies, potato, pineapple, papaya and guava enter via the Portuguese in the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries
4. Bernier (crown ownership of land), Tavernier (diamonds and diamond mines), Thevenot, Manucci, Pelsaert, Peter Mundy
5. Inland and overseas trade, hundi and sarrafs, silver inflow, Surat and Masulipatnam, Banjaras
6. Mughal peasant production: ploughing, sowing, irrigation, cropping seasons and commercial crops
7. Women in Mughal agrarian society: agricultural and artisanal work, marriage customs and property rights
8. Mughal village artisans and reciprocal services, miras and watan land assignments
9. Mughal forest and tribal frontiers: subsistence, trade, tribute, elephant capture and state expansion