Which were the other business communities? - Vidyadip

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Which were the other business communities?

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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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