This volume is all the more welcome as it deals with a topic rarely studied as far as the Indian subcontinent is concerned: the relationship between communities of traders and their religious affiliations and activities. The interpenetration of the religious and the economic domains is the subject dealt with by the writers of these essays. The volume contains nine articles with two in English and the others in French. Short abstracts in both languages are given at the end of the volume, and each paper is followed by its bibliography. Though most ot the studies deal with Hinduism there is one about Jainism, one about a denomination of South Indian Christians and one about the Shia Muslims called Kliojas.
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