Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India c8.65

c8.65

The old or sick merchant while travelling in a forest or undertaking a sea voyage, sealed the goods and entrusted it to another merchant to gain his peace of mind. If he died then the merchant to whom he had entrusted his sealed goods sent message to his close relatives who in their turn took charge of the sealed goods.³⁵ If the merchant did not return the sealed goods then he lost his credit and he was punished as a thief and was forced to return the goods entrusted to him.