* Foreword ix* Acknowledgements x* Introduction xiii* 1. Historian And The Business Communities S. Nurul Hasan (Indias Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) 1* 2. Theoretical Framework For The Study Of Indian Business Communities N.R. Sheth (Professor of Organization Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) 9* 3. Indian Merchants In The Age Of Partnership, 1500-1800 Ashin Dasgupta (Director, National Library, Calcutta) 27* 4. The Medieval Trader And His Social World S.
C. Misra (Professor of History, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda) 41* 5. Muslim Merchants Of Medieval Gujarat S.A.I. Tirmizi (Professor of History, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi) 59* 6.
Jain Merchants In Eastern India Under The Great Mughals Surendra Gopal (Reader in History, University of Patna, Patna) 69* 7. Business Elements And Business Class In Maha-Rashtra: A Historical Analysis V.D. Divekar (Professor of Economic History, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune) 83* 8. More About The Park Sheths: Their Roots, Entrepreneurship, And Comprador Role, 1650-1918 Amalendu Guha (Professor of History, Centre of Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta) 109* 9. Class Character Of The Gujarati Business Community Dwijendra Tripathi (Professor of Economic and Business History, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) and M.J. Mehta (Professor of History, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad) 151* 10.
The MahaIans And The Business Communities Of Ahmedabad Shirin Mehta (Reader in History, Gujarat Univer-sity, Ahmedabad) 173* 11. The Marwaris: Economic Foundations Of An Indian Capitalist Class G.D. Sharma (Reader in History, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda) 185* 12. Business Communities Of Punjab J.S.
Grewal (Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) 209* 13. Entrepreneurship And Business Communities In Colonial Madras, 1900-1929: Some Preliminary Observations Raman Mahadevan (Academic Associate, Centre of Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 225* 14. The Bazar: Indigenous Sector Of The Indian Economy Rajat Kanta Ray (Professor of History, Presidency College, Calcutta) 241* Bibliography 269* Index 284.