Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c10.70
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c10.70
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c10.70
Today, for a population of 500 million, India requires about 100,000,000 tonnes of cereals every year. In other words, every individual consumes about 200 kilograms, 220 *sers*, or 5½ maunds of foodgrains in the course of a year. Taking this average as holding good for the medieval times also,⁶³ the number of people who consumed 236,250,000 maunds was (236,250,000 ÷ 5½ =) about 43 million.