Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c12.98

c12.98

Famines took their own toll of victims. When it is remembered that Mewar had lost one-half its inhabitants due to wars and Bengal one-third of its population in famine by the third quarter of the eighteenth century, the loss to Indian population during the eighteenth century as a whole can be clearly visualised. Table 4 gives an idea of the calamities and their effects on population in the eighteenth century.