A History of Agriculture in India v2.c84.s5.t3: Iron
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c84.s5.t3
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Iron was smelted in comparatively small quantities. Hence only essential hand-tools for agriculture were manufactured from iron. Moreland states, ‘At the Imperial Court 1 lb. of iron in this form was worth 10 lb. of wheat, while about the year 1914 the value was just over 3 lb., and on this basis Akbar’s peasants had to pay more than three times as much grain as their modern successors for the iron they required for tools and implements.’⁶
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⁶ Moreland, W.H. *India at the Death of Akbar*..., p. 150.