Wealth networks: how roads, rivers, and seas shaped India

By:

Chavan, Akshay

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gurugram Penguin Business 2026Description: 445pISBN:

9780143477853

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DDC classification:

330.954 CHA

Summary: We think we know India’s history. The names of kings. The rise and fall of dynasties. But what if this is only the surface of the story? Have you ever wondered why places like Khajuraho and Ajanta were built far from today’s big cities? Why Chittor was attacked again and again? Where did the enormous wealth of temples like Somnath and Tirupati come from? Are we missing something? The Wealth Networks looks at Indian history in a different way. It follows the movement of wealth across roads, rivers and seas, tracing the routes through which people, money and ideas travelled. Moving between cities, ports and pilgrimage towns, these routes formed patterns that continue to shape India today. This is not a conventional history. It offers a different way of seeing. Once you notice the patterns, the past and the present begin to look different.

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We think we know India’s history. The names of kings. The rise and fall of dynasties. But what if this is only the surface of the story?
Have you ever wondered why places like Khajuraho and Ajanta were built far from today’s big cities? Why Chittor was attacked again and again? Where did the enormous wealth of temples like Somnath and Tirupati come from? Are we missing something?
The Wealth Networks looks at Indian history in a different way. It follows the movement of wealth across roads, rivers and seas, tracing the routes through which people, money and ideas travelled. Moving between cities, ports and pilgrimage towns, these routes formed patterns that continue to shape India today. This is not a conventional history. It offers a different way of seeing. Once you notice the patterns, the past and the present begin to look different.

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