[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c6.s2.t2.7 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t2.7 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t2.7 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s2.t2.7) ¹ Compare Tod, II, iii-12, for a parallel from Marwar. ² Compare T., 13b. how orthodox Muslim opinion forbade trading in slaves and hoarding of corn, which was persistently ignored by the commercial classes. ³ Compare Barbosa, II, 73, for Gujarati Banias; many references in I. K. and Ibn Batuta for Khurasanis; B. 385 for Multanis and Banjaras. Compare also Le Bon (\*vide\* Urdu Translation, 91-2) who identifies both Multanis and Banjaras with two classes of the Jat community, which is now predominantly agricultural. - [Previous: c6.s2.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s2.t2.6) - [Next: c6.s2.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s2.t2.8) - [Up: c6.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s2.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s2.t2.7) · Pramāṇa