Question
Which were the other business communities?

Answer

  • There were also communities like the Chettiars and the Marwari Oswal. They went on to become the principal trading groups of the country.
  • Gujarati traders, including the communities of Hindu Baniyas and Muslim Bohras, traded extensively with the ports of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, South-east Asia and China.
  • They sold textiles and spices in these ports.
  • In exchange they brought gold and ivory from Africa.
  • They also bought spices, tin, Chinese blue pottery and silver from South-east Asia and China.

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