Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c26.23

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“Numerous as are the towns and cities of India, none are remarkable for the amount of their population. That of Calcutta, independently of its suburbs, has been recently returned at 413, 182. No census has yet been taken of the city of Madras (it is officially assumed at 720,000) ; but Bombay, with its suburbs, and including also the floating population in its harbuor, contains 566,