The World of The Tamil Merchant: Pioneers of international trade

By:

Mukund, Kanakalatha

Contributor(s):

Introduction by Das, Gurcharan

Material type:

TextPublisher number: Allied Informatics, Jaipur | 2018-19Publication details: Gurgaon Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2015; c2012Description: 191ISBN:

978-0-143-42473-4

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.95482 MUK

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	BSDU Knowledge Resource Center, Jaipur General Stacks	330.95482 MUK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	017621

How did the Tamil merchant become India's first link to the outside world? The tale of the Tamil merchant is a fascinating story of the adventure of commerce in the ancient and early medieval periods in India. The early medieval period saw an economic structure dominated by the rise of powerful Tamil empires under the Pallava and Chola dynasties. This book marks the many significant ways in which the Tamil merchants impacted the political and economic development of south India.

Contents:
1. Merchants and Trade in the Pre-Modern Era: Issues and Insights
2. Trade and Merchants in Ancient Tamilakam
3. State, Polity and overseas Relations under the Tamil Kingdoms
4. The Temple, Nagaram and Merchants: A study in synergy
5. The Tamil Merchant down the Ages: a Restrospect

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