In the recent past there has been a growing awareness of the need for studying regional history with an emphasis on socio-economic history. In order to understand the nature and pace of developmental process in Indian society, it is crucial to analyse the regional patterns of growth and variations therein. Rajasthan is one of the states which is being studied extensively on the basis of large mass of village and pargana documents but an analysis of the socio-economic conditions of its Harouti region has not been attempted so far despite the fact that there is no dearth of archival records about the region. The present study is therefore aimed at broadening the understanding on economic history of Rajasthan, with particular reference to the Harouti region. It covers not only land revenue system but also deals with agrarian economy and socio-economic structure of village society. An attempt is also made to understand the system of state farming. The book would, no doubt, become a good sourcebook for students of history and economics.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Narayan Singh Rao
Renowned social scinetist and Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Culture, Union Government of India, Narayan Singh Rao, M.a., M.Phil. and Ph.D. was born and brought up in Udaipur, Mewar. He has great expertise on Economic History of Medieval India and tribal culture and history of North-East India. he started his career from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi as researcher at the Centre for Historical Studies and Centre for the Study of Regional Development in the School of Social Sciences and got opportunities to work with National Labour Institute, Noida, South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Mewar Institute of Management, Ghaziabad and a host of academic as well as development organizations. He was awarded Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi. He successfully executed several major research and action-oriented projects supported by the government and non-government organizations. He organized and attended a number of national and international seminars. A large number of research papers authored by him have been published a reputed national and international journals. Besides this volume his major research work in entitled Rural Economy and Society. he is also member of Indian History Congress, North-East India History Association and the Board of Under-graduate Studies, Arunachal University, Itanagar. The main areas of his interests are socio-economic and cultural History of Medieval Rajasthan and the tribes of North-East India. he is also pursuing further research studies on the history and culture of the North East India as well as the South-East Asian Countries.
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