marwari's

Updated: May 25, 2025

Then he went to a Marwari's shop and asked for the loan of ten rupees; the Marwari asked for interest at the rate of one rupee a day; the blacksmith's son protested that that was too high but offered to pay one rupee every two days and to pay one rupee of interest in advance; the Marwari hesitated, but after being given a name and address which were however false he gave way and took his signature to a bond and lent him the ten rupees.

Cecil Henry Bompas - Folklore of the Santal Parganas