The economy carries out wider meaning consisting of agriculture, textile, handicrafts, manufacturing and a number of services. The economic system of any country is geared to satisfy the unlimited wants of its people, utilising scarce resources through organized group behaviour.
There is a deliberate effort on part of author to encompass the economic and social history of India in broader perspective with description on history of economy in India, economic and social developments in Mughal period, agricultural system and small farm agriculture in India, major developments in industrial sector. |