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Assess the impact of the market reforms of Alauddin Khilji on contemporary economy and society
- UPSC 2001
- The Fourteenth Century
Alauddin Khalji's market regulations, set up at Delhi in the aftermath of the Mongol siege of 1299–1303, constitute the most systematic attempt at administered price control anywhere in pre-modern India. Barani describes three coordinated markets — for foodgrains, for cloth and other durable goods, and for horses, cattle and slaves — each policed by a…
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- Effects on Trade Networks
- Divergent Consumption Patterns: City Against Country
- Social Stratification: Barani's Testimony
- The System Died With Him
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