Guild example sentences

Since traders had to pass through many kingdoms and forests, they usually travelled in caravans and formed guilds to protect their interests.Rulers granted different guilds the monopoly right to produce and trade in specific products.This was because here urban crafts and trade guilds were powerful.There were several such guilds in south India from the eighth century onwards the most famous being the Manigramam and Nanadesi.These guilds traded extensively both within the peninsula and with Southeast Asia and China.