COVER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART-I -- GAPS IN HISTORICAL STATISTICS -- NET DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT FOR THE PERIOD 1861-62 TO 1899-1900 -- ESTIMATION OF MONEY STOCK SERIES -- THE RUPEE CENSUS -- TIME SERIES OF MACRO ECONOMIC VARIABLES -- PART-II -- THE INDIAN ECONOMY AROUND THE EARLY 1860's -- THE CHANGING PROFILE OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY DURING 1861-62 TO 1899-1900 -- A CHRONOLOGICAL CURRENCY HISTORY OF INDIA:1835-36 TO 1899-1900 -- MONETARY EVOLUTION DURING THE PERIOD:1861-62 TO 1899-1900 -- THEORETICAL BACKDROP AND DIFFERENT ANGLES ON THE CURRENCY HISTORY -- THE HERSCHELL COMMITTEE AND ITS REPORT -- THE FOWLER COMMITTEE AND ITS REPORT -- THE TIME-COURSE OF KEY VARIABLES IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT DURING 1861-62 to 1899-1900 -- THE ECONOMY DURING THE PERIOD PRIOR TO THE FALLING EXCHANGE RATE(1861-62 to 1871-72) -- THE COURSE OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY DURING THE PERIOD OF THE FALLING EXCHANGE RATE DUE TO THE FALLING GOLD PRICE OF SILVER (1871-72 to 1892-93) -- THE COURSE OF KEY VARIABLES DURING THE POSTMINT-CLOSURE PERIOD TILL THE ADVENT OF THE GOLD EXCHANGE STANDARD (1893-94 TO 1899-1900) -- LESSONS FROM THE CURRENCY HISTORY -- PART-III -- CORRELATION AND CYCLICALITIES -- DETERMINANTS OF PRICE LEVEL AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS -- DEMAND FOR MONEY -- THE SUPPLY OF MONEY -- INTEREST RATE AND ITS DETERMINATION -- THE DETERMINATION OF REAL NDP AND RELATED MATTERS -- THE EXCHANGE RATE OF THE RUPEE AND RELATED TRADE MATTERS -- PUBLIC FINANCE -- THE GENERAL IMPACT OF THE DRAIN ON THE ECONOMY -- EXERCISE IN ECONOMETRIC MODELLING OF THE ECONOMY -- THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK UNDERLYING THE APPROACH TO ECONOMIC HISTORY IN THE STUDY -- THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY: A RESTATEMENT ALONG CLASSICAL LINES -- SUMMARY -- PART-IV -- HISTORICAL TIME SERIES OF THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT1835-36/1861-62 TO 1899-1900 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- Charts.