Editing Tipu Sultan (section)

=== Economy ===
{{Main|Economy of the Kingdom of Mysore}}
{{Further|Mysore silk|Economic history of India}}

The peak of [[Economy of the Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore's economic power]] was under Tipu Sultan in the late 18th century. Along with his father Hyder Ali, he embarked on an ambitious program of economic development, aiming to increase the wealth and revenue of Mysore.{{sfn|Parthasarathi|2011|p=207}} Under his reign, Mysore overtook [[Bengal Subah]] as [[Economic history of India|India's dominant economic power]], with highly productive [[agriculture]] and [[textile manufacturing]].{{sfn|Parthasarathi|2011|pp=38, 271}} Mysore's average income was five times higher than [[subsistence]] level at the time.{{sfn|Parthasarathi|2011|p=45}}

Tipu Sultan laid the foundation for the construction of the [[Kannambadi]] dam (present-day [[Krishna Raja Sagara]] or KRS dam) on the [[Kaveri]] river, as attested by an extant stone plaque bearing his name, but was unable to begin the construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/040819/tiger-of-mysore-saviour-or-savage.html|title=Tiger of Mysore: Saviour or savage?|website=Deccan Chronicle|date=4 August 2019|access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/miscellaneous/how-tipu-sultan-was-the-original-tech-innovator/articleshow/61588682.cms|title=How Tipu Sultan was the original tech innovator|website=[[The Economic Times]]|date=10 November 2017|access-date=22 September 2019|last1=Shekhar|first1=Divya}}</ref> The dam was later built and opened in 1938. It is a major source of drinking water for the people of Mysore and Bangalore.

The [[Mysore silk]] industry was first initiated during the reign of Tipu Sultan.<ref name="Hunter512">{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=William Wilson |title=The Indian empire : its peoples, history, and products |year=1886 |publisher=Trubner, London |page=512 |url=https://archive.org/details/indianempireitsp00huntrich/page/512/mode/1up?q=tipu |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> He sent an expert to [[Bengal Subah]] to study [[silk]] cultivation and processing, after which Mysore began developing polyvoltine silk.<ref name="Global Silk Industry"/>

The greater prominence of the [[Channapatna toys]] can be traced to patronage from Tipu Sultan, the historic ruler of [[Mysore]], though these toys existed before this period historically given as gifts as part of [[Mysore Dasara|Dusshera]] celebrations. It is known that he was an ardent admirer of arts, and in particular of woodwork.<ref name="Handmade">Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian, Page 362, Aditi Ranjan, M. P. Ranjan (2009)</ref>

==== Road development ====
Tipu Sultan was considered as pioneer of road construction, especially in Malabar, as part of his campaigns, he connected most of the cities by roads.<ref name="Edgar185">{{cite book |last1=Edgar |first1=Thurston |title=The Madras presidency, with Mysore, Coorg and the associated states |publisher=Cambridge, University press |page=185 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924021471002/page/n200/mode/1up |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>