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Merchants, artisans (such as weavers), native traders and craftspersons lived in the ‘Black Towns’.

They are the people who come in between the producer and the final consumer. They first buy goods in bulk. Then they sell these goods to the retailers, who finally sell this to the consumers. 4.

Answer: The towns which are famous for their trade. Since during ancient times trading happens either by land or sea, these were mostly by seaside. Hence, they were called trading town.

The crafts persons were very important for building and maintenance of temples. The houses were built by the Masons, doors and windows were made by the carpenters and iron items were made by the blacksmiths. Other artisans produced decorative objects, and the statues and idols were made by the sculptors.

There were three types of medieval towns—a temple town, an administrative centre, and a commercial town or a port town.

(a) early 11th century.…Answer: They carried out inlay work in copper and silver. Craftspersons from Bidar were well-known for Bidri work. Goldsmiths, bronzesmiths, blacksmiths, masons, carpenters built temples. They also maintained them. Weavers also played an important role in cotton textiles.

They also had market streets called hatta (haat of later times) lined with shops. Besides, there were streets for different kinds of artisans such as potters, oil pressers, sugar makers, toddy makers, smiths, stonemasons, etc. While some traders lived in the town, others travelled from town to town.