Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Buddhism and economics; Kautilya's Arthasastra: economics and polity; Economic thought in the Muslim period; Famines and famine policy; Dadabhai Naoroji and the drain theory; Ranade and the economics of development; Towards independence; Gandhian economics; Independence and after; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This constitutes the first overview of economic thought in India, drawing on a wide range of sources which represent the diversity of the sub-continent's cultures and civilzations
