Economic History of Early India brings together essays written by Dr R.S. Sharma
on the economic history operating in India from the earliest times to c. 1200
AD, and how the same influenced and shaped India's politics and society of the
times. Dr Sharma deals with economic patterns evident during some of the
better-known epochs of early India, covering the major dynasties of the
subcontinent. The author identifies areas which require further analyses for the
scholar, and deals with topics such as the economics of the caste system in
Ancient India, and how urbanization first arrived.
The book contains eleven chapters written for different occasions. In Chapter
One