IndiaNewsWatchMerchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia by Divya Cherian (2023): A Review by Alfisha Sabri
Set in the kingdom of 18th-century Marwar, Cherian’s study traces the rise of the financial and social capital of the mercantile class consisting of the Vaishyas and the Jains.
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Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia by Divya Cherian (2023): A Review by Alfisha Sabri - Doing Sociology
One would imagine that the current state of politics in India, that is, the rapid movement towards right-wing nationalism and majoritarianism is a recent phenomenon or a beginning of some sort. However, a closer look at history will tell us that it is rather the culmination of an initiation of the consolidation of a Hindu […]