Indian diaspora in Central Asia and its trade, 1550-1900.

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Maps and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliterations -- Introduction -- A Brief Note on Geographical Terminology -- Chapter One: The Growth of Indo-Turanian Trade in the Early Modern Period -- Early Modern India, Turan and Iran: Political and Economic Overview -- The Historiography of Early Modern Overland Asian Trade -- State Policy and Overland Trade -- Commodities -- Chapter Two: The Emergence and Ethnic Composition of the Indian Merchant Diaspora -- Defining 'Diaspora' for the Present Purpose -- The Emergence of the Indian Diaspora in Early Modern Turan -- Diaspora and Identity -- Chapter Three: The Social Organization of the Indian Merchant Diaspora Beyond the Hindu Kush -- Life in the Diaspora -- The Magnitude and Dispersion of the Indian Diaspora -- Chapter Four: Indian Family Firms and their Economic Function in Early Modern Turan -- Religious Law, 'Guest Peoples' and Moneylending Institutions -- The Emergence of India's Moneylending Industry -- The Organization and Function of Indian Family Firms in India and Abroad -- Indian Family Firms, Capital and Credit in Turan -- Chapter Five: Russia and the Transformation of Indo-Turanian Commerce -- The Early Development of Indo-Russian Commercial Relations -- Russia Advances through the Steppe -- Indo-Russian Trade Relations in the Nineteenth Century -- Russian Colonial Policy in the Turkestan Krai and the End of the Diaspora -- Conclusion -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.