01642nam a22002297a 4500999001500000003000400015005001700019008004100036020002200077028005800099040002400157082001800181100001900199245005600218260005700274300000800331500070900339504021101048650001401259942001201273952012701285  c2050d2050OSt20181226110545.0181226b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a978-0-143-42616-5  bAllied Informatics, Jaipurc5712d17/12/2018q2018-19  aBSDUbEnglishcBSDU  a338.0954bLEV  aLevi, Scott C.  aCaravans: Punjabi Khatri Merchants on the Silk Road  aGurgaonbPenguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd.,c2016  a197  aCaravans 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 traveled across Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and Russia. They used sophisticated techniques to convert a modest amount of merchandise into vast portfolios for trade and money lending 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.  aContents:
Introduction
Merchants and the State
Multanis and Shikarpuris
Indian Merchants in Central Asia
Indian Textiles
The Slave Trade
Horses
The Life and Death of a Diaspora
Conclusion
Notes
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