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India and the silk roads : the history of a trading world / Jagjeet Lally.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2021Description: 1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197583296Subject(s): India -- Commerce -- History | Eurasia -- Commerce -- History | Trade routes -- India -- History | Trade routes -- Eurasia -- History | Industry
| Business & ManagementAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197581070DDC classification: 382.09540903 LOC classification: HF3785Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'India and the Silk Roads' is a global history of a continental interior, the first to comprehensively examine the textual and material traces of India's caravan trade with central Asia. But what was the fate of these overland connections in the ages of sail and steam? This text brings the world of caravan trade to life-a world of merchants, mercenaries, pastoralists and pilgrims, but also of kings, bureaucrats and their subjects in the countryside and towns.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'India and the Silk Roads' is a global history of a continental interior, the first to comprehensively examine the textual and material traces of India's caravan trade with central Asia. But what was the fate of these overland connections in the ages of sail and steam? This text brings the world of caravan trade to life-a world of merchants, mercenaries, pastoralists and pilgrims, but also of kings, bureaucrats and their subjects in the countryside and towns.
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