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8TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS ON MEANS OF EARNING MONEY
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2. Partnership (Hoe Mittakarnam ca)
To do business in partnership has many advantages. First, one does not feel any danger in the journey. Secondly, if there was loss, it was shared. Thirdly, one could get advantage out of mutual common sense and business skill. In Kuvalayamalakaha Mayaditya and Sthanu went out together as partners and they earned a lot of money (57.28). Dhandeva and Bhadrasreshthi were also partners (66.33). Sagardatta had carried on business on a foreign country by entering into partnership with a merchant there (105.23). In the business field partnership was one of the common practices.?
Whereas, on the one hand, partnership had its advantages, some times it was also disadvantageous. If the partner was not honest, one had to bear loss. Out of greed, Mayaditya had thrown his partner Sthanu into the well (61, 15, 19). Dhandev had also pushed Bhadrasresthi into the deep sea (57.20). They did it so that they may to give their share and get the whole of it themselves. There are many references to such dishonest partners in contemporary literature.8
3. Pleasing the King (Naravar Seva)
Pleasing the king is absolutely essential everywhere for earning money. Whenever any merchant reached the state of the king with Caravan, he waited on the king with valuable presents and sought permission to do business in his territory. As soon as Dhandeva landed in Ratnadeep, he took the presents, met the king and pleased him by his offerings. 10 It is clear that the permission of a king was essential for carrying on business in his state.
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