Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c10.69
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c10.69
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Out of this, two-thirds may safely be set aside for non-eatable agricultural products like cotton; damage caused by rodents, birds and animals habituated to nibbling in the fields; and for the consumption of large number of bullocks, horses, elephants and many other animals, indispensable to medieval husbandry, soldiery, nobility and even royalty, because they comprised sources of energy and means of transport. Therefore the quantity consumed by the people was ⅓ of this figure or about 236,250,000 maunds.