Mughals and the Rhythms of Overland Trade
The arrival of the European shipping in the Indian Ocean region is marked out as a momentous development that signalled the intensification of maritime trade at the expense of the overland trade. Against this context, the present paper, by focussing on the Mughal involvement in the overland trade, makes a case about looking at the two channels of trade delivery as mutually reinforcing that worked in tandem and secured best outcomes for all the concerned stakeholders.
