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Agricultural and Allied Products of Northern India during Early Medieval Period

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies
© 2016 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal
Volume 3 Issue 4
Year of Publication : 2016
Authors : Syeda Sadaf
10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V3I4P105
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Syeda Sadaf, "Agricultural and Allied Products of Northern India during Early Medieval Period," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 3,  no. 4, pp. 13-20, 2016. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V3I4P105

Abstract:

 The present paper aims to study the agricultural and allied products of Northern India during early medieval period. Agriculture sector has always been the biggest employer and during the period of study large number of people were employed in cultivation of land. Crop produced during the period were not completely different from those grown earlier. Though it is difficult to countdown the number and varities of agricultural products with minute detail yet literary as well as epigraphic evidences provide information regarding this. The whole study is based on primary source of information. Primary source of information which is used is mainly in form of literary and epigraphical evidences. Secondary source of information is also used to corroborate the ideas gleaned from the primary sources.

Keywords:

 Early Medieval Period, Northern India, Agricultural Products, Other Allied Products

References:

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5. Ibid.
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