Stein, Burton (2010). A History of India. John Wiley & Sons. pp.164–. ISBN978-1-4443-2351-1. Quote: "The resource base of Akbar’s new order was land revenue"
Asher, Catherine B.; Talbot, Cynthia (2006). India Before Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp.158–. ISBN978-0-521-80904-7. Quote: "The Mughal empire was based in the interior of a large land-mass and derived the vast majority of its revenues from agriculture."
Stein, Burton (2010), A History of India, John Wiley & Sons, pp.164–, ISBN978-1-4443-2351-1 Quote: "... well over half of the output from the fields in his realm, after the costs of production had been met, is estimated to have been taken from the peasant producers by way of official taxes and unofficial exactions. Moreover, payments were exacted in money, and this required a well regulated silver currency."
Asher, Catherine B.; Talbot, Cynthia (2006), India Before Europe, Cambridge University Press, pp.152–, ISBN978-0-521-80904-7 Quote: "His stipulation that land taxes be paid in cash forced peasants into market networks, where they could obtain the necessary money, while the standardization of imperial currency made the exchange of goods for money easier."
