Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c11.147

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*Besides being closer to the assessments of Beni Prasad (130 million) and Kingsley Davis (125 million), the estimate of 140 million is also sustained by the modern demographic picture of India, production and consumption of foodgrains in Akbar’s times, and also, though indirectly, in the studies of Davis and Clark.*

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