About the Book: The Economic History of India: Historiographical Issues and
Perspectives - Essays in Honour of Professor Ranabir Chakravarti
The economic history of early India is a rich and diverse area of study,
covering agricultural developments, trade, markets, occupation and professional
groups, urbanization and the institutions that govern the economy. Recent
research has expanded our understanding of the processes of transformation of
the economy in different temporal contexts within the Indian sub-continent. They
have particularly led us to explore connected histories given the
trans-continental trading networks and movements of people from very early
times.
This volume seeks to draw attention to this vast and unexplored terrain in the
economic