write a short note on external trade during the middle period
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External trade activity:
1. Many came from far and near to these commercial towns to buy local articles and sell products of distant places like horses, salt, camphor, saffron, betel nut and spices like pepper.
2. Several traders, especially horse traders, formed associations, with headmen who negotiated on their behalf with warriors who bought horses.
3. The guilds (associations formed of caravan travellers or traders) traded extensively both within the peninsula and with Southeast Asia and China.
4. Gujarati traders, including the communities of Hindu Baniyas and Muslim Bohras, traded extensively with the ports of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, Southeast Asia and China.
1. Many came from far and near to these commercial towns to buy local articles and sell products of distant places like horses, salt, camphor, saffron, betel nut and spices like pepper.
2. Several traders, especially horse traders, formed associations, with headmen who negotiated on their behalf with warriors who bought horses.
3. The guilds (associations formed of caravan travellers or traders) traded extensively both within the peninsula and with Southeast Asia and China.
4. Gujarati traders, including the communities of Hindu Baniyas and Muslim Bohras, traded extensively with the ports of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, Southeast Asia and China.
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