who were names of principal trading groups of the country
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Explanation:
Southern Indian trade guilds were formed by merchants in order to organise and expand their trading activities. Trade guilds became channels through which Indian culture was exported to other lands. From the 11th century to the 13th century, South Indian trade in Southeast-Asia was dominated by the Cholas; and it replaced the Pallava influence of the previous centuries.[1]
Answer:
There were different kinds of traders in the medieval times, including the banjaras (nomadic people). And traders who travelled a lot came together to form traders' associations or guilds, the most famous ones being Manigramam and Nanadesi. They did this to protect their interests both within the Indian sub-continent and in Southeast Asia and China.
The largest Indian trading groups were the Chettiyars and Marwari Oswal, and Gujarati traders such as Hindu Baniyas and Muslim Bohras.
There was extensive trade with the ports of the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, East Africa, Southeast Asia, and China. Indian spices and cloth were exported, and gold, ivory, spices, tin, Chinese blue pottery, and silver were imported.
Many of these products also reached European markets, and this attracted European traders to India. Their arrival once again changed the structure of trading and towns in India.
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