Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-288).
Introduction, [with] select tables from Blyn, Agricultural trends in India 1891-1947 / [Sumit Guha] -- Crop production / R.C. Desai -- Official yields per acre in India, 1886-1947 / Alan W. Heston -- Revenue administration and agricultural statistics in Bombay Presidency / Ashok V. Desai -- A further critique of historical yields per acre in India / Alan W. Heston -- Accuracy of official agricultural statistics and the sources of growth in the Punjab, 1907-47 / Carl E. Pray -- Trends in crop production in the undivided Punjab / M. Mufakharul Islam -- Long term trends per acre wheat yields in north India, 1827-1947 / Ashwani Saith -- Quantitative estimate of agricultural output in Chotanagpur / P.P. Mohapotra -- Annotated bibliography