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Watch | Selling Jewels, Funding Princes: How This Gujarati Business Family Thrived in Mughal Empire

Historian Sudev Sheth in his new book 'Bankrolling Empire' takes a deep dive into several generations of the Jhaveri family, detailing their changing relationship with the Mughal court as the empire slowly started to lose its strength.

Sudev Sheth’s new book Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India is a deep dive into several generations of the Jhaveri family, detailing their changing relationship with the Mughal court as the empire slowly started to lose its strength.

Families like the Jhaveris became important sources of loans for princes during their bids for the throne.

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