Towns, Markets, Mints & Ports In Mughal Empire 1556-1707

This study concerns mainly the town and it’s institutions. Besides dealing with the physico-administrative-cum-economic structure of the towns, it investigates into the organization, functioning and economic importance of the Mughal urban institutions such as market, mint and port. Geographically, it takes into account the territorial limits the Mughal Empire-stretching over towns which, at times, formed part of the Mughal domain The present study has to reveal that the simplified theories of Mughal urban-life, that towns then were either few, or, only military camps, are no longer sustainable.