Akshay Chavan on The Wealth Networks, Ancient India & How Trade Shaped History! | Cyrus Says

Podcast: Cyrus Says · IVM Podcasts

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

Welcome to Cyrus Says! On this episode of Cyrus Says, author Akshay Chavan joins Cyrus Broacha to talk about his new book, The Wealth Networks, and a side of Indian history shaped by trade, geography and commerce. Akshay talks about how ancient India was connected to the world through spices, cotton, gold, silver, horses and major trade routes. He also gets into the Golconda diamond mines, Bihar’s role in the global saltpeter and gunpowder trade, and how places like Paithan, Bharuch, Sopara, Hormuz and Mangalore became important trading centres. The conversation also covers Ha...