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This Is A Detailed Study Of The Economic Life Of The People Of Orissa From The Earliest Times To 16Th Century A.D. With Chapters On The Land System, Agriculture, Trade And Commerce Crafts And Industries Revenue And The Currency System.
Description: The work provides a readable analysis of the economy of British Orissa, Princely Orissa and hill tribes of Orissa. The impact of colonial economy combined with the consequences of fragmentation of Oriya-speaking areas brought about colossal change in the material condition of the people of Orissa. The poverty and starvation had taken root among the common mass of Orissa while a select class lived a parasitic life in abundance of wealth, thriving easy on the cheaply available labour and the back-breaking toil of the farmers and artisans. The crux of the problem was that indigenous economic system remained nearly intact, though stagnant and ossified, scarcely able to release more wealth to meet the growing demands. Even today any excursion to an Orissan village, unless modernised under the Five Year Plans, reveal to an observer that traditional economy in its structure in the system that supports the land-based people, however inadequately. This was the root cause of extreme economic backwardness of colonial Orissa. This work will provide some insight into the operation of a vital system in regional economy so that defects that still continue to plague it may be remedied towards a healthy regeneration of this system.
In recent years, several scholars have enriched Orissan historiography, but no one has taken pains to study the sad plight of the people of the erstwhile twenty-six Feudatory States of Orissa and their struggle against the evils of feudal order. The present work of Dr. Sadasiba Pradhan brings to limelight the economic factors in a rural based agrarian society which motivated the mute peasants to rise against their Rajas. The authro has traced the developments coherently. In Chapter One, origin and short Oriss under Mughals, Marathas and the British is given. Chapter two deals withe status of the Feudatory Chiefs and the pattern of judicial and land revenue administration. Chapter Three highlights how the English education was denied to the people to check the growth of political consciousness.
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