There is no dearth of books on the economy of colonial period. But there is a lacunae in this field, i.e. very few books touch the economic state of India in relation to the peasantry or rather 'ryots' as the Britishers used to name them. The agrarian system, the ryotwari settlement, the Mahalwari settlement, permanent settlement, the revenue collection, the drain of wealth theory, the oppressive revenue administration--all has been touched upon in this book. ...
