Early Medieval Northern Indian Copper Plates as a Source of History: An Economic Perspective

Abstract

It is very important to evaluate the contents of the copper-plates to understand its significance as regards the economic transformations in early medieval northern India. A detailed analysis of the contents of these copper-plates would stand us in a position to comment about the role of land grants in the economic developments of early medieval northern India. Thus, it becomes our prime objective to examine and analyze the certain copper-plates bearing land-grants from the economic perspective. There are hundreds of copper-plates reflecting the economic conditions of the people of early medieval northern India.