Caravans: Punjabi Khatri Merchants on the Silk Road

Year
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Limited
Author
Scott C. Levi
Management Discipline
Business Management
Source
Contemporary Business Practices
About the book

Caravans tells the fascinating story of countless Punjabi Khatri merchants who built great business empires through their ingenuity and spirit of adventure. Operating during the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, these merchants risked everything and travelled across Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and Russia. They used sophisticated techniques to convert a modest amount of merchandise into vast portfolios for trade and moneylending ventures.