Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c6.s1.11

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in respect of extent, riches, the number of armies. . ."⁸ and to impress this idea they gave inflated figures. But though their data may not be correct, their demographic image of India is correct. To quote Helleiner again, "the demographic history of that 'proto-statistical' age requires that quantitative information is supplemented by circumstantial evidence, as well as recorded opinions of contemporaries."⁹ That far the testimony of the above writers has a value.