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About The Book -: The aim of this book is to present a sketch of the economic life of India at the opening of the seventeenth century, that is to say, at the period immediately antecedent to the first appearance of those new forces which were destined to exercise an increasing and eventually predominant influence on the development of the country.If it be permissible to assign a precise date to what is essentially a gradual transition, we may say that the medieval history of India ended, and the modem history began, in the year 1608, when the English ship Hector reached Surat. Starting from this date, it is possible to trace the economic story of the next three centuries, first in the narratives of travellers and the early Letter-Books of the East India Company, and then in the more copious official records and publications of later times, so that a well-defined period for study is within the reach of our schools and universities, provided that a suitable beginning can be made. This book attempts to supply such a beginning, by furnishing an account of the economic position at the close of Akbar’s reign. About The Author -: William Harrison Moreland CSI CIE (1868 – 1938) was a British civil servant who served in the Indian Civil Service and wrote several books on the economic history of India based on Mughal, Dutch, and Portuguese sources. He studied at Clifton College, Somerset (1881-1886) and joined the Indian Civil Services spending probation studying at Trinity College, Cambridge and receiving an LL.B. in 1889 after which he went to India. He served as assistant commissioner (1894), joint magistrate (1897), magistrate and collector (1899) and became Director of Land Records and Agriculture in the United Provinces in 1899. He simplified the system of land revenue. He retired in 1914 due to loss of hearing but worked as an advisor in Central India for two years. Returning to England, he began to study the economic history of India. He published several books including: The Agriculture of the United Provinces , The Revenue Administration of the United Provinces, An Introduction to Economics for Indian Students, India at the death of Akbar, India from Akbar to Aurangzeb. The Agrarian System of Moslem India (1929). The Title 'India at the death of Akbar: An Economic Study written/authored/edited by W. H. Moreland', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121226370 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 350 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- . PODML