Urbanization of South Asia under Muslim and British Rules

本研究项目旨在阐明南亚的城市化进程，并从历史、政治、社会学、经济和文学的角度追溯穆斯林和英国统治下城市居民的社会经济条件和社会意识的历史变化。在该项目的第一阶段，在南亚国家和英国的档案馆收集了与该专题有关的重要原始材料的缩微胶片副本。收集到的文件包括未发表的政府手机业记录、印度报纸报道、孟加拉周报和1947年以前出版的乌尔都语杂志。至此，研究工作明确了16 -17世纪南印度海外贸易的发展，以及英国统治下南北印度城镇手工织布机编织者经济状况的变化。还澄清了城市地区穆斯林运动的一些重要方面。

This research project aimed to clarify the process of urbanization in South Asia and to trace the historical change in the socio-economic conditions and in the social consciousness of the city dwellers under Muslim and British rules from historical, political, sociological, economic and literary viewpoints.In the first phase of the project, the microfilm copies of the important source materials relating to the topic were collected at the archives in south Asian countries and England. The collected documents include unpublished government records on the handloom industry, the Indian Newspaper Reports, Bengali weekly newspapers and the Urdu magazines published before 1947.The research work has so far clarified the development of overseas trade in South India in the 16th-17th centuries, and the changes in the economic situation of the handloom weavers in North and South Indian towns under British rule. Some important aspects of Muslim movement in urban areas have been also clarified.