Product Description This collection of fifteen essays underlines the significance of trade in the economic, political, and cultural life of traditional India, without dissociating it from the overall agrarian economy. Spanning the third millennium BC to 1300 AD, the book includes work from leading historians ofearly India and draws on new approaches to the study of trade and its links to social and political issues. About the Author Ranabir Chaskrvarti is a Professor, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta.