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FAMINES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, 1500 to 1767
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1638 scarcity: Jaipur area1638 map
Documented causes: drought
Documented effects: no crops successfully sown

1638: Mayank Kumar, "Situating the Environment: Settlement, Irrigation and Agriculture in Pre-colonial Rajasthan" (in "Studies in History" vol. 24, 2008, pp211-233)
p227: "In the year AD 1660 Amar Chand and Sahib Ram, vakils of the Amber court [of Jaipur], noted that due to meagre and delayed rains till the month of Bhadva, only moth could be sown. Similarly, in the year AD 1638, two other vakils, Ajitdas and Man Ram, noted that due to drought, not even moth could be sown. The statement that ‘not even moth could be grown’ testifies to the fact that moth was the last crop that could be sown in case rains got delayed." [Source: Arzdasht (Falgun Sudi 11, 1695 vs./AD 1638) in the Historical Section, Jaipur Records, Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner]
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