Introduction / Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy and Anand Swamy -- Indian economic performance and living standards : 1600-2000 / Stephen Broadberry and Bishnupriya Gupta -- The colonial transition and the decline of the East India Company, c.1746-1784 / Santhi Hejeebu -- The...

Introduction: the "early modern" in Indian economic history -- Formation of new states -- Consequences of state formation : colonialism, public goods, and institutions -- The agrarian order -- Conditions of business -- Towns -- Levels of living -- Conclusion