2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Changes of Town Networks in Western India by Traffic Development in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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15K16843
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
History of Asia and Africa
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University (2016-2017)
The University of Tokyo (2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 鉄道 / ボンベイ / 町 / 植民地 / マラーター |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study considers the long-term economic changes of Western India from the late 18th to the early 20th century focusing on towns (qasbas). In the late 18th century, Pune, the capital city of the Maratha Confederacy, and inland cities emerged under the Marathas. The development of these cities stimulated trade between them and port-cities in Western India. This resulted in the development of commercial networks of towns in Western India in the late 18th century. While the political changes by colonization in 1818 did not affect the networks much, the opening of railways in 1853 changed trade patterns. This change caused decline of inland towns in the late 19th century. However, railway statistics show some towns re-emerged as centres of rail-borne tarde at the beginning of the 20th century. Colonization did not easily break down the economic structure in Western India because local towns survived in various ways.
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| Free Research Field |
インド経済史
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