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This in-depth study argues that Bengal`s prosperity which was so marked during the first half of the eighteenth century, came to an end gradually after Plassey, and in the second half of the century there followed an economic impoverishment of Bengal under the English East India Company and its servantrs. The arguments are supported by both quantitive and qualitative evbidence. The author...has made a valuable contribution to the liteature on Bengal ar critical phase of its history...students of Indian history and others may find a wealth of information in this book, thanks to the painstaking researech efforts of the author. (The Hindu ) * Refreshingly original is his analysis of pre- Plassey prospety. He has drawn on an enoramous smount of unpublished source material and his expostition is remarkably licid throughtout. ( The Telegraph ) * This in depth study of 18th century Bengal, especially he pre-plassey period successfully challenges, prevailing wisdom expressed by such historians of pre-colonial Asian trade as ( The Stateaman ) * This is an important work which contributed to our understanding of the commercial world of pre-Plassey Bengal with its merchants, markets, commodities, credit networks,rivalries among various European companies for supremacy.. ( The Book Review ) * In the final analysis this monograph is a useful addition to the study of Bengal`s early eighteenth century commercial economy and its greatest value lies in the wealth of information and details ( as provided for instance in chapters, 4, 6, 7and 8 ) The Jounal of Asian Studies ISBN: 81-7304-297-7
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