Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c22.51
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v2.c22.51
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The book deals with Corporate activities in Ancient India in all possible directions, political, social, religious and economic. In particular it gives a detailed account of the mercantile and craft guilds called Śreṇis, the republican States and Village Communities, the Buddhist Church and the development of the caste system. Each of these topics is of absorbing interest to every student of Indian Antiquity, and the whole is dealt with in a scholarly manner with full reference to sources of information.