. Trade and Traders in South India-Historical Perspective Southern Indian trade guilds were formed by merchants in order to organize and expand their trading activities. Trade guilds become channels through which Indian culture spread to other lands. Early Traders In the year A.D.
(C.E.), the Kalinga traders (Modern Odisha) brought red colored stone decorative objects for trade and also cotton textile to Southeast Asia at an early date. E W N S Not to Scale