The World of the Tamil Merchants (Pioneers of International Trade)

DETAILS:

• Publisher: Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.
  
• Author: Kanakalatha Mukund
  
• Language: English
  
• Pages: 240 (5 B/W Illustrations)
  
• Cover: PAPERBACK
  
• Weight 180 gm
  
• Edition: 2015
  
• ISBN: 9780143424734

ABOUT THE BOOK

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 commove in the ancient and early medieval periods in India. The early period saw an economic structure dominated by the rise of powerful Tamil empires under the Pollard and Chola dynasties. This book marks the nay significant ways in which the Tamil merchants impacted the political and economic development of south India.

`Mukund creates a fascinating picture of busy polls. throbbing bazaar, artisan guilds and temple banks.... I The book highlights! the central rule played by commerce in the evolution of Indian civilization' Telegraph

'Kanakalatha Mukund weaves for us [al complex any... with a command over all the available historical sources of information' Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kanakalatha Mukund holds a doctorate 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 for 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. She lives in Coonoor in the Nilgiris.

Gurcharan das is a world-renowned author, commentator and public intellectual. His bestselling books include India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good and India Grows at Night. His other literary works consist of a novel, A Fine Family, a book of essays, The Elephant Paradigm, and an anthology, Three Plays. A graduate of Harvard University, Das was CEO of Procter & Gamble, India, before he took early retirement to become a full-time writer. He lives in Delhi.