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What was the Tamil word for a successful merchant?
AMasattuvan
BGahapati
CVellalar
DSetthi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Masattuvan
Successful merchants were called masattuvan in Tamil, and setthis and satthavahas in Prakrit.
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