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This seminal work by Patrick Carnegy offers an in-depth analysis of the land tenures and revenue assessment systems that shaped Upper India’s economic landscape. The book meticulously documents the various forms of land ownership, tenure arrangements, and taxation mechanisms employed across different regions of Upper India, providing scholars and historians with crucial information about colonial administrative practices.
Carnegy’s detailed examination covers the complexities of zamindari systems, peasant holdings, and revenue collection methods. The work serves as an invaluable reference for understanding how British colonial policies intersected with traditional Indian land systems, creating unique hybrid structures of property rights and economic obligations.
Originally published as a technical administrative document, this reprint by Gyan Publishing House makes this important historical and economic analysis accessible to modern scholars, students, and anyone interested in Indian history, colonial administration, and land economy studies.
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