‘Fills many gaps in our knowledge of India’s vibrant business past . . . highlights India’s pervasive role in the Silk Road’—Business Standard
Caravans tells the fascinating story of countless Punjabi Khatri merchants who built great business empires through their ingenuity and spirit of adventure. Operating during the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, these merchants risked everything and travelled across Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and Russia. They used sophisticated techniques to convert a modest amount of merchandise into vast portfolios for trade and moneylending ventures.
Caravans challenges the belief that the rising tide of European trade in the Indian Ocean usurped the overland ‘Silk Road’ trade, and demonstrates how thousands of Punjabis created a booming market in Central Asia at precisely this historical moment.
Product details
Publisher : Penguin Books Limited; Latest edition (27 January 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143426168
ISBN-13 : 978-0143426165
Item Weight : 190 g
Dimensions : 13 x 2 x 20 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #59,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#24 in Expeditions & Discoveries (Books)
#311 in Economic History (Books)
#449 in Industries
Customer Reviews: 3.9
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