5 Discuss the economy and trade in the sultanate
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India, a Rich country:
There is no doubt that India by and large remained a rich country throughout this period.
Foreign travellers who visited India during this period have observed that the people used gold, silver, diamonds, pearls and other precious stones profusely in the form of ornaments.
It was India’s fabulous wealth which tempted Mahmud of Ghazni to invade India so many times.

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Timur also got unimaginable wealth from only one of India’s corners. We find several prosperous cities and parts during this period. The Sultans of Delhi, nobles, governors, merchants and elites of the society possessed vast wealth and enjoyed all comforts of material life.
Several beautiful mosques, monuments, palaces, forts and temples were built during this period. All this indicates that there was general economic prosperity in the country. Despite constant warfare of the Sultans of Delhi, affluent agricultural and industrial production and foreign trade had enriched India and maintained its prosperity.
Achievements in various fields of Indian economy were mostly on account of private enterprise. Very little was done by the Sultans and provincial governors towards the direct development of trade and industry. Food in general was not a problem for the common man. The problem of shelter did not worry the people.
Prosperous agriculture:
According to Ibn Batuta, a traveller who came from North Africa in India during the fourteenth century, agriculture was in a state of great progress. The soil was so fertile that it produced two crops every year; rice being sown three times a year.
Sesame, sugar-cane and cotton were grown in abundance and these formed the basis of several village industries. Rice of Sarsauti, sugar-cane of Kanauj, wheat and betel leaf of Malwa, wheat of Gwalior, ginger and spices of Malabar, grapes and pomegranates of Daultabad, betel nuts of the South India and a large variety of oranges were popular in and outside India.
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Explanation:
Inland and foreign trade flourished under the Sultans. As for the internal trade we had the various classes of merchants and shopkeepers. The main being The Gujaratis of the North, the Chettis of the South, Banjaras of Rajputana were the main traders. Bigger deals of commodities were made in the 'Mandis.
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