Who was the "Shroff" as mentioned by the seventeenth-century French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Money-Changer
The seventeenth-century French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier found it remarkable that in “India a village must be very small indeed if it has not a money changer called a Shroff. (They) act as bankers to make remittances of money (and who) enhance the rupee as they please for paisa and the paisa for these (cowrie) shells”.