A curation about resources on Indian Economics and Finance (Our principles, theory, financial systems in practice, in different eras, kingdoms etc.,)

1. Societal Economic History

  1. Economic Development by Benoy Kumar Sarkar.
  2. Review of Public Finance in Ancient India by B. K. Sarkar
  3. Financial Administration In Ancient India With Special Emphasis On The Organisation Of The Finance Department by Baidya Nath Jha
  4. Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an English translation by R. Shamashastry
  5. Tradition and Economy in Village India by K. Ishwaran
  6. Economics Organization of Indian Villages by N. G. Ranga
  7. The Rural Economy of India by Radhakamal Mukherjee
  8. The Hindu Jajmani System by W. H. Wiser
  9. Usury in Early Medieval India (AD 400 to AD 1200 by R. S. Sharma
  10. Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India by Burton Stein
  11. Institutions and Economic Change in South Asia by Burton Stein and Sanjay Subrahmanyam
  12. Trade, Ideology and Urbanization by R. Champakalakshmi
  13. The Agrarian system and rural society in ancient India by U. N. Goushal
  14. Economic Life under Northern India - 700 AD to 1200 AD by Lallanji Gopal

2. Economic Histories of Empires and Regions

  1. Economic History of the Deccan
  2. Economic Life in the Vijayanagara Empire by T. V. Mahalingam
  3. The Culture and Economics of Silk Weaving During the Vijayanagara Era (1336-1646
  4. How India clothed the world
  5. Economics of the Silk Industry by Ratan C. Rawlley
  6. The political economy of commerce - 1500-1650 by Sanjay Subrahmanyam
  7. Books of Sanjay Subrahmanyam
  8. Economic Life of Northern India - 300 AD to 550 AD by Sachindra Kumar Maity (Gupta Era)
  9. Trade and Traders in Early Indian Society by Ranabir Chakravarti

3. Colonial Economy

  1. The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India 1770-1900
  2. The Transition to Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720 - 1800 by Prasannan Parthasarathi
  3. An Indian Rural Economy, 1880-1955: The Tamilnad Countryside by Christopher John Baker
  4. The Economic History of India by Romesh Chunder Dutt - Vol1, Vol2
  5. Economic History of India - 1757-1966 by G. Kaushal
  6. Books by Tirthankar Roy
  7. History of Indian Currency and Exchange by B. E. Dadachanji
  8. Merchants, Traders, Entrepreneurs: Indian Business in the Colonial Era by Claude Markovits

4. Temple Economy

  1. The Economic Function of a Medieval South Indian Temple by Burton Stein
  2. Temples in Tamil Country, 1300-1750 AD
  3. Economic Shocks and Temple Desecrations in Medieval India

5. On Mercantile castes and corporations

  1. Caste and Capitalism in Colonial India: The Nattukottai Chettiars
  2. Chettiars and Hinduism in South-East Asia by Samalay alias S. M. L. Lakshmanan Chettiar
  3. Rethinking Markets in Modern india: Embedded Exchange and Contested Jurisdiction
  4. Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinance in Burma by Sean Turnell
  5. The World of the Tamil Merchant: Pioneers of International Trade by Kanakalatha Mukund
  6. Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia: One of the essays is by Noboru Karashima who talks about a number of mercantile communities of South India.
  7. Marwaris: From Traders to Industrialists by Thomas A. Timberg
  8. The Marwaris: From Jagat Seth to the Birlas by Thomas A. Timberg
  9. Mercantile Bombay: A Journey of Trade, Finance and Enterprise by Sifra Lentin
  10. Indian merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750 by Stephen Frederic Dale
  11. The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sindh from Bukhara to Panama
  12. The Warrior Merchants: Textiles, Trade and Territory in South India by Mattison Mines
  13. The World of the Indian Ocean Merchant, 1500-1800: Collected Essays of Ashin Das Gupta by Uma Das Gupta
  14. Born to Trade: Indian Business Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia by Surendra Gopal

6. Indian Banking

  1. Indigenous Banking in India by L. C. Jain
  2. Indigenous Banking in Ancient Medieval India by Brijkishore Bhargava
  3. Indigenous Indian Banking by M. M. S. Gubbay
  4. The Monetary Problems of India by L. C. Jain