This book is concerned with money as an indicator of economic activity. It makes a comprehensive examination of the use of money from Afghanistan to Bihar, and from Kashmir to Malwa, during the period AD 750-1250. Its major premise is that the patterns of production, exchange, and dispersion of...

This article examines the establishment, operation and evolution of the dual–denomination monetary system of the Bengal Sultanate, 1205–1576. The Sultans ruled a populous country blessed with a consistent surplus production of agricultural commodities and textiles which they...