The present work is an attempt to trace the origin and development of different administrative institutions prior to the coming of the Mughals. It seeks to examine the aims and the policies of the Sultans. The basic weakness in the organization of the Government has been examined in manner the various branches functioned. Under the head Fiscal System the organization of the revenue department as well as the position of the intermediaries and the cultivators have ...
A word of apology would perhaps be necessary before presenting a work on political institutions of the Mughals. These aspects have already been studied in detail by various scholars either as Doctoral dissertation in the shape of monographs or as research papers published in various historical journals. Thus there is no derth of published works on the subject. But even then it was felt desirable to weave the data contained therein into an integrated picture of ...