Why had traders formed guilds
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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 theCholas; and it replaced the Pallava influence of the previous centuries.
Early guilds
Before the rise of the Cholas, inscriptions from Java, Indonesia, mention only theKalingas as foreign visitors from the eastern coast of India. In 1021 AD an inscription added Dravidas to the list of maritime powers, and they were then replaced by the Colikas (Cholas), in the year 1053 AD. The Kalingatraders (of modern Orissa) brought red colored stone decorative objects for trade. Kalinga was also an important source of cotton textiles to Southeast Asia at an early date. In the Tamil Sangam classic,Chirupanattuppadai (line 96), there is a mention of blue Kalingam. Fine garments of high quality cotton imported from Kalinga country into the Tamil country were calledKalingam, which shows that Kalinga was an exporter of cotton at an early date.
Early guilds
Before the rise of the Cholas, inscriptions from Java, Indonesia, mention only theKalingas as foreign visitors from the eastern coast of India. In 1021 AD an inscription added Dravidas to the list of maritime powers, and they were then replaced by the Colikas (Cholas), in the year 1053 AD. The Kalingatraders (of modern Orissa) brought red colored stone decorative objects for trade. Kalinga was also an important source of cotton textiles to Southeast Asia at an early date. In the Tamil Sangam classic,Chirupanattuppadai (line 96), there is a mention of blue Kalingam. Fine garments of high quality cotton imported from Kalinga country into the Tamil country were calledKalingam, which shows that Kalinga was an exporter of cotton at an early date.
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