History · Emergence of Regional Kingdoms
UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)
Viravalanjigar was:
AAn honorific title of the Chola kings
BA widespread merchant corporation in early medieval South India ✓ Correct
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Correct answer: (B) A widespread merchant corporation in early medieval South India — Viravalanjigar was a merchant corporation, so the answer is a widespread merchant corporation.
Explanation
★Viravalanjigar was a merchant corporation, so the answer is a widespread merchant corporation.
★Viravalanjigar was a widespread merchant corporation in early medieval South India.
★It was a guild of trading merchants who carried on long-distance trade.
★Such guilds were active across the Chola and neighbouring regions.
★They left inscriptions recording their trade and endowments.
★So Viravalanjigar was a widespread merchant corporation of early medieval South India.
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