The World of the Tamil Merchant: Pioneers of International Trade

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Portfolio/Penguin, 2015 - Business & Economics - 240 pages

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.

About the author (2015)

Kanakalatha Mukund has a PhD in economics and was on the faculty of the University of Bombay, Bhopal University and the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad. An economist with a keen interest in history and a passion in textiles, she is the author of The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant, The View from Below and Traditional Industry in the New Market Economy.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe World of the Tamil Merchant: Pioneers of International Trade
Story of Indian business
AuthorKanakalatha Mukund
Editionillustrated
PublisherPortfolio/Penguin, 2015
ISBN0143424734, 9780143424734
Length240 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Business & Economics / Commerce
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies
Social Science / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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