Category: Podcast Episodes
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Podcast Episode: The Banker Who Could Finance an Empire
The post explores Jagat Seth, an influential banking house in eighteenth-century Bengal, highlighting how the family from Rajasthan became pivotal to commerce without commanding armies. It emphasises the importance of trust in banking over mere wealth, establishing Jagat Seth as a key player in managing finances across vast distances through innovative methods.
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Podcast Episode: When Trust Travelled on Paper: The Story of the Hundi – India’s Invisible Banking
This post explores the hundi, India’s historical credit instrument, highlighting how it facilitated trade through trust rather than physical currency. Merchants relied on the reputation of banking houses for transactions across vast distances, revealing an intricate, trust-based commercial network that predated modern banking and digital payments.
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