Merchant's share in agricultural surplus. Rural basis of urban crafts 17th C. 8. Failure of Indian merchants to form trading corporation. Mulla Muhammad Ali. The economic history of the Mughal empire needs revamping.
Reasons are genuine.
The availability of new material is one and the change in people's liking is the other. For rewriting history it is most essential that more and more new themes are explored and they are investigated through extensive and critical use of sources. The book Studies in Mughal Economy covering the period from Akbar down to 1726 A.D. has been set with a similar aim.