ABSTRACT
Wages for different people serving in the household, stables and helping during the march of the army were also decided in terms of the category they belonged to. Wages of keepers of cows, oxen and buffaloes were decided according to the number of cattle a person looked after. Thus, wages during Akbar’s period were paid both on monthly and daily basis as well as on the basis of amount of work done. European factors, merchants and travellers who visited India during the heydays of the Mughal Empire expressed their concern regarding the low rates of wages that were paid to different categories of servants. Pelsaert’s reference is of immense help in getting the idea of wages about the different classes of artisans. In a recent paper, Najaf Haider has brought to light a few evidence related to money wages that dropped in value.
