Banyan merchants

A Hindoo Family, Banyan Cast (c1830)
This article is about usage of the term around the Indian Ocean. For the caste, see Vaishya. For other usages, see Banyan (disambiguation).

In the Indian Ocean trade, Banyan merchants are Indian merchants who are clearly distinguished from others by their Banyan clothing, their diet, and by the manner in which they conduct trade.[1]

  1. ^ "Banians - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2020-04-21.