Horse Trade and Piracy at Tana (Thana, Maharashtra, India)
Gleanings from Marco Polo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9084846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ranabir Chakravarti (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-182 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4995 • E-ISSN: 1568-5209 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852091x00102 |
| OpenAlex | W2039187707, W4237270122 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
HORSE TRADE AND PIRACY AT TANA (THANA, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA): GLEANINGS FROM MARCO POLO* BY RANABIR CHAKRAVARTI (Calcutta) I Studies in early Indian history are increasingly being oriented over the last three decades towards a better analytical understanding of its society and economy. The shift of emphasis from mere chronicling of dynastic changes and military encounters to appreciating the chang- ing character of the material life in early India is quite obvious. In an essentially agricultural country like India the expected focus of the economic historian is on the mainstream agrarian economy of the subcontinent. The economic historian, however, sometimes pays
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| Citations per year | 0.62 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |