01424nam a22002177a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020002200062028005800084040002400142082001900166100002400185245006900209260006400278300000800342500048800350504029800838650001401136650002101150700003501171OSt20181203123159.0181203b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a978-0-143-42473-4  bAllied Informatics, Jaipurc5606d13/11/2018q2018-19  aBSDUbEnglishcBSDU  a330.95482bMUK  aMukund, Kanakalatha  aThe World of The Tamil Merchant: Pioneers of international trade  aGurgaonbPenguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd.,c2015; c2012  a191  aHow 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.  aContents:
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
  aEconomics  aEntrepreneurship  aIntroduction by Das, Gurcharan