Modern Asian Studies

Table of Contents - 1982 - Volume 16, Issue 03  

Articles

The Emergence of an Indigenous Business Class in Maharashtra in the Eighteenth Century

V. D. Divekara1

a1 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

The present paper is divided into three parts. Part I describes and analyses the emergence of an indigenous business class in Maharashtra, in western India, during the Peshwa times, and its position under early British rule. Part II discusses the dominance of Brahman savakars in the newly emerged business class. Part III presents an overview and states general observations relating to the subject.