When Pepper gave Bharatavarsha a New Name: The Sink of Precious Metals
With pepper at the heart of its flourishing spice trade, India overflowed with coins and other precious metals from Rome earning it the moniker, "sink of precious metals."
The History of how Bharatavarsha’s Pepper Decided the Fortunes of European Empires and Nations
The first part of an essay-series documenting the central role that Indian pepper played in deciding the fortunes of empires and nations. It is a sweeping journey of two thousand years told through a weightless fleck of Indian flora.