Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t2.8

c6.s3.t2.8

Barring these cases of an abnormal rise or fall in prices, let us examine the prices under Ala-ud-din Khalji which have been considered to represent the norm.⁴ A comparison between the reigns of Ala-ud-din, Muhammad Tughluq and Firuz Tughluq will show that as a whole the prices of most of these articles as probably of all other goods in proportion, went up under Muhammad Tughluq, but again dropped to the previous level of Ala-ud-din under the latter’s successor. Sugar, for some special reasons, does not follow this movement of prices.⁵