By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Indias oldest civilisation was the Harappan civilisation, which was a merchant civilisation. Over 4,000 years ago, in the Bronze Age, several planned brick cities stood along the Indus, the now-dry Saraswati, and the coasts of Gujarat. They traded tin, copper, lapis lazuli, carnelian and cotton with... The post Bharats Mercantile Heritage