- By the 1700 CE, the GDP of Mughal India had risen to 24 per cent of the world economy, the largest in the world.
- Till 1750, India produced about 25 per cent of the world's industrial output, and key industries included textiles, shipbuilding, and steel.
- Mughals built an extensive road system, which was vital to the economic infrastructure. The Mughals set up a public works department which designed, constructed and maintained roads linking towns and cities across the empire, making trade easier to conduct.
- India's economy was apparently better than that of the entire Europe. And all of that happened during the Mughal rule in India.
- When it came to coin designs and minting techniques, Mughal coinage showed originality and innovative skills.
- The Mughal rulers introduced agrarian reforms and funded the building of irrigation systems across the empire, which produced much higher crop yields and increased the net revenue base, leading to increased agricultural production.
- Average peasant across the world was only skilled in growing very few crops, the average Indian peasant could grow a wide variety of food and non-food crops, increasing their productivity.
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