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Oman

Meet Narottam: The 17th Century Hindu Merchant who Refused to give his Daughter to a Christian Portuguese Commander

This is the story of the 17th Century Hindu Merchant named Narottam who lived in Muscat and had a business relationship with the Portuguese. The disgraceful conduct of the Portuguese commandant Pareira, triggered a chain of history-altering events.

Hindu Culture

Three Splendid Centuries: The Lessons that Hindu Mercantile Dominance of Muscat Teaches us

The first episode of a series narrating the history of the Hindu mercantile dominance of Muscat, Oman, and the lessons we must draw from it for our own time.