Another effect of trade was the emergence of a merchant class. The merchant class was responsible for initiating trade and maintaining trade relationships. Many merchants were very wealthy. However, a merchant's wealth did not always guarantee a high social status. In China and Japan, Confucianism taught that merchants should be ranked lower than peasants.
Anathapindika (Pali: Anāthapiṇḍika; Sanskrit: Anāthapiṇḍada) was a well off dealer and broker, accepted to have been the wealthiest vendor in Savatthi in the hour of Gautama Buddha. Buddhism gave the best shock to the standard Brahmanism. Buddhism practiced a significant impact on molding the different parts of Indian culture. The moral code of Buddhism was likewise more straightforward dependent on philanthropy, immaculateness, generosity, and honesty and power over interests.
When Jeffersonian Americans sought "cultural independence" they meant that they wanted the freedom and "space" to live life the way they wished, without having to conform to the norms and customs of immigrant and other groups.
