Monetary Foundations of the Raj

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Series
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Studies
	1: Monetary Policy of British Imperialism
	2: Economic Theorists among the Servants of John Company (1766-1806)
	3: Growth of Money Economy and Some Questions of Transitions in Late Pre-Colonial India
	4: Currency in Early British Days
	5: From a Double Standard to a Silver Standard
	6: Note on the History of East India Company Coinage from 1753-1835
	Bengal
		7: The Changing Monetary System in Bengal during the British Rule
	South India
		8: Observations on the Copper Coinage Wanted for the Circars
		9: The Substitution of Silver for Gold in the Currency of South India
		10: Madras Currency under the Early British Rule
	Western India
		11: The Coinage of the East India Company at Bombay, under the Charters of Charles II, with a Note on the Indian Exchanges of the Period
		12: The Monetary System of British India
	A ‘Universal Currency’ for India
		13: James Prinsep and the Currency Reform
		14: First Uniform Currency for India
	The Era of Imperial Currency
		15: Imperial and Colonial Coinage
Part II: Records
	1: Regulation XXXV of 1793
	2: Despatch Addressed by the Court of Directors to the Governments of Bengal and Madras Dealing with the Coinage of India, 1806
	3: Letter from H. Scott, Assay Master, Bombay Mint, to F. Warden, Secretary to Bombay Government, dated 7 December 1806
	4: Notes by James Prinsep
		a: On the Device of the Indian Coin: Commencing with the year 1824
		b: On the Device of the British Indian Rupee
		c: Note on the Name of the New Rupee
		d: Reasons for Reforming Currency
	5: Acts, Proclamations, Declarations and Notifications of the Government of India Concerning the Coinage, Currency and its Legal Tender (1835-56)
		a: Act No. XVII of 1835
		b: Act No. XXI of 1835
		c: Act No. XIII of 1836
		d: Proclamation, 23 May 1836
		e: Notice, 23 May 1836
		f: Act No. XXXI of 1837
		g: Notice to the Mint Master, Calcutta, 21 March 1838
		h: Public Notice, 9 May 1838
		i: Act No. XXI of 1838
		j: Act No. XXXI of 1839
		k: Proclamation, 11 November 1840
		l: Notice, 13 January 1841
		m: Proclamation, 13 January 1841
		n: Act No. XIII of 1844
		o: Act No. XXII of 1844
		p: Act No. VI of 1847
		q: Notification, 22 December 1852
		r: Act No. XI of 1854
		s: Notification, 24 March 1854
		t: Act No. XVII of 1855
		u: Notification, 17 March 1856
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