Unit VIII: Agrarian Relations: The Ain-i- Akbari

NCERT CHAPTER NAME: PEASANTS ZAMINDARS AND STATE

Broad overview: (a) Structure of agrarian relations in the 16th and 17th centuries. (b) Patterns of change over the period.

Story of Discovery: Account of the compilation and translation of Ain-i-Akbari.

Excerpt: From the Ain-i-Akbari

Discussion: Ways in which historians have used the text to reconstruct history.