1st Edition

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

By Surendra Gopal Copyright 2017
224 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This pioneering work traces migration of Indian traders to Russia, Iran, West Asia and South-East Asia in medieval times. Four essays throw light on the activities of the Indian business community in Russia. Generally Indians came to Russia via Iran. There they took a boat, crossed the Caspian Sea and reached the Russian port of Astrakhan. Indian visitors included Hindus (including Jains),... Read more

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

Biography

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).