Mughal history is a field that has fascinated scholars and students of history for at least four hundred years. In particular, the study of the agrarian set up has attracted many a scholar. This is not just another book on Mughal history providing anecdotes or description about the land revenue/agrarian system of the Mughal age. Rather, it is a critical analysis of the topics contained in this volume based on an in-depth study of original Persian and Urdu documents and manuscripts of the Mughal period. A wealth of information and analysis on the topics is being presented in The Collected Works of Professor B.R. Grover, of which this is the first volume. His writings are all based on original sources and documents relating to the agrarian structure of the medieval Indian society in coordination with the chronicles and various other categories of contemporary sources. In analyzing the land rights of various classes in the Mughal age, the concepts of village community, land revenue administration, the nature of zamindari and evolution of Taaluqdari system during the Mughal age, among other things, Prof. Grover examined the original contemporary source material in Persian, Urdu, Ottoman Turkish, regional language and English. The articles in this volume were (earlier) presented by Prof. Grover at various national and international conferences/seminars dealing with Mughal history. Some of these papers were also published in journals and proceedings of conferences/seminars. Most of the articles published in this present volume have also been frequently quoted by the leading historians for the last four decades.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amrita Grover
Miss Amrita Grover, sister of late professor B.R. Grover, is a distinguished historian in her own right. She is well versed with Professor Grover's writings as they always discussed and exchanged their historical views with each other, even from their student days. Upon obtaining her master's degree in History Honours with distinction and a Roll of Honour from Government College, Lahore, Punjab University, she initially taught at Inderprastha College and Miranda House for a few years and then joined the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. A graduate of National Defence College, New Delhi, Miss Grover retired as Accountant General and ex-officio Member, Audit Board. for more than two decades now, she has devoted full time to historical studies and research in history. She has attended various national and international history conferences and has Presented several research papers at international conferences held at Croatia, Montreal, Berlin, Sri Lanka, Moscow, etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anju Grover Chaudhary
Dr. Anju Grover Chaudhary, niece of Professor Grover, journalist and historian, is also well versed with Professor Grover's works. She is professor of journalism at Howard University, U.S.A., Where she teaches courses in history of journalism, international press and news reporting. She obtained her master's degree in history from Howard University and master's degree and Ph.D. in journalism from University of Maryland, U.S.A. An author and editor of several books and journals articles, she has presented numerous papers at international conferences throughout the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J C Dua
Dr. J.C. Dua, Reader, Department of History and TTM, Dyal Singh Evening College (University of Delhi), New Delhi, has had academic association with late Professor B.R. Grover since the IHC Session 1961. Professor Grover was his teacher, mentor and the one who taught him how to locate, decipher and analyse the sources on history. Dr. Dua has contributed a large number of research papers in national and international seminars and has published numerous books. The Peoples Republic of Bulgaria awarded him Georgi Dimitrov Gold Medal in 1983 and was also invited to deliver the prestigious Dr. Kalaignar Thiru M.Karunanidhi Endowment Lectures by Madras University, Chennai, in 1995.
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