population in mughal india

a fantastic discovery on my part ..



if any one of you is interested in this


egyankosh. ac.in/bitstream/123456789/26777/1/Unit-26.pdf



26.2.2 Applying Civilian: Soldier Ratio
For t h e Deccan and South India, Moreland took as t h e basis of his calculations t h e
military strength of t h e Vijaynagar Empire and Deccan Sultanates. Taking a rather
arbitrary ratio of 1:30 between the soldiers and civilian population, he estimated the
population of t h e reign a t 30 millions. Allowing for othe r territories lying within t h e
pre-1947 limits of India but not covered by his two basic assumptions, he put t h e
population of Akbar's Empire in 1600 a t 60 millions, and of India a s a whole at
100 millions.
These estimates received wide acceptance. Nevertheless, Moreland's basic
assumptions (and therefore his figures) a r e questionable. For estimating t h e
population of Northern India he makes t h e assumptions that ( a ) measurement was
made of t h e cultivated land only; and (b) it was carried o u t by t h e Mughal
administration t o completion in all localities for which any figures a r e offered.
It has been shown o n the basis of textual as well a s statistical evidence that t h e arazi
of t h e A'in was a r e a measured f o r revenue purposes which included, besides t h e
cultivated a r e a cur r ent , fallows and some cultivable and uncultivable waste.
Moreover, measurement by n o means was completed everywhere.
Thus, Moreland's estimate of t h e population of Northern India loses much of its
credibility. It.is weaker still for Deccan and South India. T h e army: civilian ratio is
not only arbitrary but undependable; the comparison with t h e pre-World War I
France and Germany seems, in particular t o b e quite inept, since t h e military: civilian
ratios maintainable in modern states and economies a r e so variable. Any of these can
by n o stretch of the imagination be used t o set limits for the range of military: civilian
ratios in pre-modern regimes in t h e tropical zones. This is apa r t from t h e fact tha t
Moreland's count of t h e number of t roop in t h

Welcome JBF. You were missed.

JBF; it was just a matter of time before you followed the CHaunty brigade here...here's a big non-Thul Thul welcome to you!

Wait - is JBF JobLessFella or not?

haan yeh population ki problem hai. they shoulda all gotten snipped.

Richard Hed wrote:Wait - is JBF JobLessFella or not?

yes he is.

and who is this guy with the handle of Bittu? TS? or JBF again?

handle bittu = real bittu/mo/bittuzing (from what i have followed in chat)
handle rushing-thoughts = real JBF (judging by his claim that he is JBF and his interest in topic as evidenced in this thread)
a TS = a absent.

this new Bittu does not sound anything like the original one. i feel it is someone who is trying to spam this site. perhaps someone from beyond the wall.

no. i think you are wrong. you have not followed his chat conversations. but yes, if i were to judginder based solely on his forum posts, i too would have been left a bit puzzled.

yes, i haven't checked out this chat thingie here yet. i could be a wrong judginder and U could be the right one.

charvaka wrote:Welcome JBF. You were missed.

yeah nice to see ya all too.I thought everyone of ya had committed suicide or something since I did not see any posts on the regular forum.This forums needs some serious UI work IMO.

Bittu wrote:haan yeh population ki problem hai. they shoulda all gotten snipped.

LOL how r u bitto bade mia bhai.