A warehouse or storage facility in South Asia, particularly one located in coastal areas or ports for storing goods during trade.
From Hindi/Urdu भंडार (bhaṇḍār) meaning 'store' or 'warehouse', derived from Sanskrit भंडार (bhaṇḍāra). The term was widely used during colonial trade to describe merchant storage facilities.
Bhunders were crucial to the spice trade—these warehouses held fortunes in cardamom, pepper, and cloves, and control of them was worth military campaigns during the European colonial period in India.
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