Urbanization during the Sultanate Period


 
 
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Urbanization during the Sultanate Period

Urbanization During The Sultanate Period: During the sultanate period (13th to 16th centuries CE), many of the larger villages, especially the district headquarters, slowly grew into towns, known as qasbas.

The khanqahs, sarais and thanas in due course emerged important urban centres, they thus played key role in the process of urbanization during the Sultanate period. Gradually, places therein attracted the nearby peasants and artisans to market their goods.

From the 14th century CE onwards these became centres of various crafts and trading activities. The main urban centres during the Mughal Period were Agra, Delhi, Lahore, Multan, Thatta and Srinagar in the north; Ahrnadahad, Surat, Ujjain and Patan in the west; and Sonargaon, Hoogli, Pataliputra, Chitgaon (Chittagong) and Murshidabad in the east. We can classify these towns as administrative centres, centres of trade, pilgrimage centres, port towns and manufacturing centers)

There are some key factors responsible for expansion of trade and urbanization during sultanate period are as follows:

  • Firstly, It was  monetization of Economy
  • Secondly, issuing several metal coins
  • Thirdly, centralization of the administration
  • Fourthly, regularization of the revenue system
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