What Do You Understand of the Nature of Rural and Urban Society in the Light of Economy and Production in Sultanate Delhi?

Abstract

The establishment of Delhi Sultanate in the beginning of thirteenth century and its continued existence until early sixteenth century unfolded a gradual series of political, economic and social transformations and developments throughout the Indian sub-continent. The very presence of Sultanate was an intriguing journey of encounter of the two very different lifestyles, one being predominantly sedentary-agrarian indigenous population while the other Central Asian pastoral-nomadic. This paper is an attempt to unwind convoluted threads of economic and social interaction as a result of coming together of the two disparate backgrounds.