Mughal Administration c5.s4.4

c5.s4.4

The same thing was done with regard to various articles of consumption and luxury required by the Emperor's household. It was the business of the *Khān-i-sāmān* or Lord High Steward to buy such goods as were available in the market and manufacture the others well in advance of the time when they would be required. A detailed study of the *karkhanahs* will give us an idea of the immense field of State activity in the industrial sphere.