The Raj and the Rajas: Money and Coinage in Colonial India

ISBN-13: 9781032424521 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 838 str.

Garg, Sanjay

Opis

By presenting the monetary history of India before independence, this volume seeks to address the effect of money supply on trade, prices of commodities and services, wage structures in different regions as well as on the administrative and military health of a political power.

O autorze

Sanjay Garg (b. 1965) is an eminent scholar with extensive research experience in history of South Asia, with specialization in economic and monetary history, currency and coinage, architecture and archival studies. His research findings have been widely published in print and multimedia, and include The Sikka and the Raj (2013). For a complete list of publications, see: http://sanjaygarg.wikidot. com/bibliography. Dr. Garg has been serving in the National Archives of India since 1988 and is presently holding the post of Deputy Director of Archives. Simultaneously, he is also working as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Secretariat created at the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, to celebrate the 75 years of India’s Independence.