The Global World of Indian Merchants, 17501947
Subtitle: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521622851
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; International trade; Hyderabad (India); Economic History; Business / Economics / Finance; World - General; History: World; ASIA; Pakistan; International - General; Asia - General; History / India; Shikarpur (Pakistan)--Commerce--History; Commerce; History; Shikarpur (Pakistan); Sindhi (South Asian people)
First sentence: For many centuries, colonies of South Asian merchants were present in many ports of the Indian Ocean and of the China seas.