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Assess the impact of the market reforms of Alauddin Khilji on contemporary economy and society

  • UPSC 2001
  • The Fourteenth Century

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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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