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Identify the main factors that sustained the expansion of urban economy in the Delhi Sultanate.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

The establishment of the Delhi Sultanate after the Ghurian conquests marks a visible break from the sluggish, de-urbanised economy of the preceding early medieval centuries.

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  • A City-Centred Ruling Class and Its Demand
  • Expansion of Urban Manufacturing
  • The Construction Industry
  • The Cash Nexus and Induced Inland Trade
  • Overseas, Overland, and Coastal Trade

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