From Mountain Fastness to Coastal Kingdoms: Hard Money and 'Cashless' Economies in the Medieval Bay of Bengal World

ISBN-13: 9780367419158 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

John Deyell; Rila Mukherjee

Opis

This book examines money use in the Bay of Bengal world. Using the case of medieval Bengal as a fulcrum, it analyses how ‘cashless’ economies function internally.
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Spis treści

1. From Mountain Fastness to Coastal Kingdoms: The Contours of the Medieval Bay of Bengal World 2. Media of Exchange under the Pālas and the Senas as Reflected in their Inscriptions 3. Understanding the Economic Networks and Linkages of an Expanded Harikela 4. Money and Communications in Sultanate Bengal and its Neighbouring Areas: Evidence of the Coin-hoards (1205-1576 ce) 5. Cashless Economy or Value for Money: Early Medieval South India 6. Tibet and Bengal : Trade Routes and Long Distance Exchanges with Reference to Silver 7. The Laws of King Mengrai, Cowrie Shells, and Intra-Asian Interactions 8. Hard Money and ‘Cashless’ Economies: Medieval Bengal and the Greater Asian World