Caravans: Indian Merchants on the Silk Road

by Scott C. Levi

Caravan tells the fascinating story of tens of thousands of intrepid Multani and Shikarpuri merchants who risked everything to travel great distances spend years of their lives pursuing their fortunes in foreign lands. From the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, these merchants lives as 'guests' in cities and villages across Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and Russia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670087300
• ISBN13: 9780670087303
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"