Which among the following is the correct meaning of a word “Manigramam” used in medieval India? [A] Association of Villages [B] Complex of various markets [C] Association of Merchants [D] Unit of administration in a small village
Answer: Option C is ✅ ..[Association of Merchants] Notes: Manigramam guild was a localized erchant body which first appeared along the Kerala coast in the ninth century A.D. According to Herman Gundert, Manigramam people were descendants of Syrian Christian merchants who were converted to Saivism by Tamil Saivite poet Manikkavasagar. They gradually flourished in Tamil Nadu in the Pallava and Chola periods and then became supra-regional in character by being active in South-east Asia.
