History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET January 2017 History
Who among the following were not a South Indian mercantile/maritime organization?
AAnjuvannam
BManigramam
CAinnurruvar
DMahajanas ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Mahajanas — The Mahajanas were not a mercantile organization, so the answer is the Mahajanas.
Explanation
★The Mahajanas were not a mercantile organization, so the answer is the Mahajanas.
★The Anjuvannam, Manigramam and Ainnurruvar were merchant guilds of South India.
★Their main work was to promote trade and commerce.
★They carried on both inland and overseas trade.
★The Mahajanas, by contrast, were assemblies of learned Brahmins.
★So among these only the Mahajanas were not a mercantile body.
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