Merchants, Markets, and Hinterlands in Early Modern India edited by Radhika Seshan, Ruby Maloni and Ishrat Alam
Merchants, Markets, and Hinterlands in Early Modern India
EDITORS- Radhika Seshan, Ruby Maloni, and Ishrat Alam
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- EDITORS : Radhika Seshan, Ruby Maloni, and Ishrat Alam
- HB ISBN : 978-93-7452-693-4
- Year : 2026
- Extent : 270
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The early modern period witnessed a great expansion in the world economy. At this time, the Indian subcontinent was integrated into this wider system and became a hub for commerce. The connection of the hinterland with ports, which were linked to Indian Ocean trade networks, existed prior to the coming of European maritime powers. Thus, when European traders reached India, they stepped into a pre-existing framework of trade routes and complex multilateral networks of exchange. The resultant consequences of this incursion have been understood from different viewpoints in Merchants, Markets, and Hinterlands in Early Modern India.
Merchants, both Asian and European, flooded the markets and ports of India, which acted as gateways leading both to the interior and to the sea. The chapters in this volume explore the worlds of commerce, the links between markers and hinterlands, and the many connections that existed, expanded, or ceased in the early modern period.
The Editors
Radhika Seshan retired as Professor and Head of the Department of History, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly the University of Pune). She is now Visiting Faculty at the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune. Her most recent publication is a monograph titled Empires of the Sea: A Brief Human History of the Indian Ocean World (2023).
Ruby Maloni is former Head and Professor of the Department of History, Mumbai University. She has published several articles and books, including European Merchant Capital and the Indian Economy (1992) and Surat: Port of the Mughal Empire (2003). Her latest major publication is Route to European Hegemony: India’s Intra-Asian Trade in the Early Modern Period (2021).
Ishrat Alam is former Chairman and Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He has jointly edited two books: The Varied Faces of History: Essays in Honour of Anirudh Ray (with Syed Ejaz Husain, 2011), and Blending Nation and Region, Essays in Honour of Late Professor Amalendu Guha (with Sajal Nag, 2018).