Born to Trade: Indian Business Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia

ISBN-13: 9781138280298 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 224 str.

Surendra Gopal

Opis

Indian Business Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia. This pioneering work traces the migration of Indian traders to Russia, Iran, West Asia and South-East Asia in medieval times. The author concludes that Indian traders did not enjoy political and royal support, essential for success. He also affirms that crossing the seas did not lead to social boycott by their caste-men. This taboo came much later, probably with the advent of British rule in the nineteenth century.

Spis treści

1. The Indian Diaspora in West Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries  2. Competition and Cooperation: Indian Traders in the Yemen in the Seventeenth Century  3. Trade between India and Iran in the Fifteenth Century  4. Indian Traders in Persia in the Seventeenth Century  5. Indian Traders in Iran in the Early Eighteenth Century  6. Indians in Iran in the Later Eighteenth Century  7. Indian Traders in Russia in the Seventeenth Century  8. Trading Activities of Indians in Russia in the Eighteenth Century  9. A Note on the Business Organization of Indian Merchants in Russia in the Seventeenth Century  10. Marwari Barayev: A Marwari Trader in Russia in the Eighteenth Century  11. The Indian Diaspora in Southeast Asia in the Seventeenth Century  12. Indians around the Pamirs, c. ad 1800

O autorze

Surendra Gopal served in the History Department of Patna University between 1958 and 1996. Some of his recent works include Urdu Historiography in Bihar in the 19th Century: Contribution of Hindu Authors (2004); Dialogue and Understanding: Central Asia and India, the Soviet and the Post-Soviet Era (2005); Stepping into Modernity: Patna in the Nineteenth Century (2008); and Shri Braj Kishore Prasad: The First Associate of Gandhiji in Bihar (2012).