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Which French traveller remarked that almost every Indian village had a money-changer called a Shroff?
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BTavernier
CCareri
DManucci
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Tavernier
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier noted that even small villages had a shroff acting as banker.
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