Indian Business History

For centuries, the Silk Route functioned as more than just a conduit for silk, spices, or precious stones—it was a living archive of civilizational exchange, with India at its commercial and cultural core. While modern business histories often focus on industrialization or neoliberal reforms, the deep time of Indian commerce unfolds along the camel tracks,…

Long before the Silk Road or the spice trade routes of the Indian Ocean, the Indus Valley Civilization, or Harappan Civilization, was already scripting its own chapter in the global history of commerce. Flourishing between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE, this Bronze Age urban culture developed one of the earliest and most intricate systems of…