amardeep Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 In the history of Sikhism it has been firmly established that the Khatri caste played a significant role in the development of the medieval Sikh community. Moreover, the Khatris in the Mughal period grew into a prominent commercial and scribal caste. However it has never been considered why Sikhism, in the context of the Khatri’s medieval commercial expansion, attracted a large Khatri following. In this article I endeavour to explore the appeal of Sikhism to the medieval Khatri community by examining early Sikh thought on trade and commerce. In addition, I attempt to embed the influence of Sikhism within the development of the medieval Khatri merchant family. And consider how the growth of the Khatri merchant network resulted in the spread of Sikhism across Mughal north India. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.885.9901&rep=rep1&type=pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Most likely, Khatris must have provided financial support to the Singhs during their difficult phase against the Mughals. Bhul chuk maaf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 22 hours ago, paapiman said: Most likely, Khatris must have provided financial support to the Singhs during their difficult phase against the Mughals. Bhul chuk maaf Yes. Going by extant hukam-namas from dasmesh pita's time, they seem to have had quite a sophisticated credit system in operation even back then. This would have helped Guru ji with acquisitions of various kinds during warfare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 The link between the medieval trade routes and the spread of Sikhi is quite interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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