Mughalkaleen Krishi Sambandh Par Kucch Vichar

Mughalkaleen Krishi Sambandh Par Kucch Vichar is authored by Sayad Nurul Hasan. The most important crops for the Mughal Empire were staple crops and cash crops. Staple crops were crops that were the basic staple of the Indian people. Crops that were part of the everyday lives of the citizens of the Empire. The Mughals had three basic staple crops: rice, wheat, and millet. Each of the crops were grown in specific regions or zones. Rice was grown in the Eastern and Southwestern portions of the Empire. Wheat was grown in the northern and central regions. And for millet, it was growing dried areas of the northwest and western zones.

Meanwhile, cash crops provided the empire goods to sell to foreigners in order to get silver from the westerners and also from other countries. Major cash crops included indigo, sugar, cotton, and opium.  Other cash crops were soon grown as it was introduced by the westerners. When the Portuguese established trading posts in India, such as Goa, they introduced tobacco and maize cultivation to the Indians. 

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