World’s Wealthiest Capital of Bengalis, Traders, and a Secular Economy: Murshidabad
“An opulent city lay at my mercy… vaults piled with gold and jewels.” – Robert Clive, 1757 In the early eighteenth century, Murshidabad was not merely wealthy – it was one of the richest cities on earth. Capital of Bengal and nerve centre of global trade, it radiated prosperity so immense that European powers fought to […]
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