Early Portuguese Data for Wage Developments in India: Kannur (Cananor), 1516-1517

This essay discusses new evidence for wage developments in Western India from c. 1300 to 1600. By introducing wage and price data for Kannur (Cananor in Portuguese and British sources) for the years 1516-1517 we contribute to a larger discussion about standards of living in South Asia. These figures...

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Main Authors: Paulo Teodoro de Matos, Jan Lucassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Actividades Científicas 2019-12-01
Series:Ler História
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/5640