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Product description Early modern India under the Mughals evolved a powerful uniform currency and monetary order. Remarkable for the sheer number and distribution of coins, as well as for the fact that this huge mint output occurred in a region lacking significant metals, the monetary system was pervasive, flexible, and long-lived. These seven essays by distinguished economic historians constitute the first coherent and systematic study of the Mughal system and the process of imperial monetary integration over two centuries. Review `the book... bears the clear imprint of what was, in the editor's words, 'an exciting and stimulating conference'. One is left with the envious sense that the proceedings were heady fare.' Peter Jackson, British Society of Asian Studies About the Author John F. Richards is at Duke University, Durham.