Caravans: Indian merchants on the Silk Road (Record no. 62122)
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| fixed length control field | 01706cam a2200217 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780670087303 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0670087300 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 381.0954 |
| Item number | LEV/C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Levi, Scott Cameron |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Caravans: Indian merchants on the Silk Road |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | India |
| Name of publisher | Allen Lane-Penguin |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | lvii, 197 p. |
| Other physical details | ill. (black and white), maps (black and white) ; |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The story of Indian business |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Caravans tells the fascinating story of tens of thousands of intrepid Multani and Shikarpuri merchants who risked everything to travel great distances and spend years of their lives pursuing their fortunes in foreign lands. From the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, these merchants lived as 'guests' in cities and villages across Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and Russia. Setting aside beliefs that caravan traders were simple peddlers, Scott C. Levi examines the sophisticated techniques these merchants used to convert a modest amount of merchandise into vast portfolios of trade and moneylending ventures. Caravans also challenges the notion that the rising tide of European trade in the Indian Ocean usurped the overland 'Silk Road' trade and pushed Central Asia into economic isolation.<br/><br/>In fact, as Levi shows, it was at precisely the same historical moment that thousands of Multanis began making their way to Central Asia, linking the early modern Indian and Central Asian economies closer together than ever before. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Siraiki (South Asian people) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Business travel |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Merchants, Foreign |
| -- | India |
| -- | Central Asia |
| -- | Central Asian literature |
| -- | Commerce |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 18526676 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2015306085 |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 10/09/2021 | 499.00 | 381.0954 LEV/C | 53982 | BK |