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Aaditya Sengupta Dhar

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Gold Of The Gods: Roots Of The Banking System In Ancient India

Temples seemed to have offered loans at extremely low rates, ostensibly with the view of supporting the economy and society

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The Real East India Company: How Ancient India Led The Way In Global Commerce

The world sorely needs unity, driven not just by the pursuit of economic gain through mutual trade but through shared values, and to help create this unity, we have a lot to learn from our forefathers in ancient India, writes the author

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Nudgeshastra: Ancient India’s Contribution To Behavioural Economics

Modern Nobel Prize winners and thought leaders are feted with recognition and by being featured on the cover of magazines. Chanakya would perhaps have abhorred such recognition, preferring to ‘nudge’ from behind the scenes

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SHRENIKS Of The World Unite

The Roots Of Workers’ Rights In Ancient India

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The CEO As Karmayogi; The Roots of Purpose-Driven Leadership In Ancient India

From a podium, a voice proclaims, quoting the Bhagavad Gita: “Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits"

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From Ayodhya To Adam Smith: The Roots Of Free Market Economy In Ancient India

A journey rediscovering India's economic heritage that unveils the free-market principles in ancient Ayodhya

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Dhanda In Dholavira
Dhanda In Dholavira: The Entrepreneurial Heritage Of Our Ancient Past

The Dholavira billboard shows that this drive to do dhanda, which today’s youth are thriving on, is part of our blood, not some sudden phenomenon

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Made In Meluha: The Hidden History Of Branding In Ancient India

Mesopotamian tablets tell of Meluha, a land whence rich wares would come and most historians say this is the Indus Valley civilisation

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New Column Series: Vedanomics

Vedanomics is an attempt to look at this fascinating intersection of the bright future ahead for our economy and the inspirational and pathbreaking thinking in economics and business from our ancient past

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