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" Bazaar, Indian subcontinent - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Asher, Catherine B.
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English
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1060993
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ALei1390
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Asher, Catherine B.
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Bazaar, Indian subcontinent - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Asher, Catherine B.
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,607 words)
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The bazaar on the Indian subcontinent has long been an important feature of the trade in desirable products—such as silk, cotton, and spices—a commerce renowned in South Asia since well before the pre-Islamic era. Traders from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the West, particularly Rome, were eager for Indian goods and products. Less clear is the distribution of these products within the Indian subcontinent in these early days—that is, whether there were large markets open to the public for spices, silks, and other commodities rather
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Islam.
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ALei1390.pdf
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