The World of Saarthas: Concluding Notes
A deep and sustained study of the Saartha system is one of the definitive guides to learn the real history of Bharatavarsha
A deep and sustained study of the Saartha system is one of the definitive guides to learn the real history of Bharatavarsha
This episode explores the world of Maritime Saarthas or seaborne caravans in ancient India, which reached the pinnacle of prosperity in the Gupta reign.
This episode narrates the detailed composition of a Saartha or a merchant caravan and explores the role and prowess of the Saarthavaha, the leader of the caravan.
It can be said that the Saartha was the first system of mobile MNCs to originate from Bharatavarsha
The final episode of this series on the business and corporate history of India offers details of how guilds also acted as banks and executors of trusts and wills.
This episode provides some eye-opening details about the process of incorporating a guild in ancient India and the exalted scope of their charter.
This episode offers broad glimpses into the nature of the legal and judicial facets of guilds and corporations in ancient India.
Kshatriya-śrēṇis or armed guilds form an important part of the history of Hindu corporate and social life. Their vestiges have endured till this day.
This episode introduces the magnificent world of artisan guilds in ancient India with details of their organisation, functioning and the laws and regulations governing them.
The first episode of a series tracing the history of corporate and business life in ancient India.