Which one of the following was a corporation of merchants in ancient India?

1. The question asks to identify a term that represented a corporation of merchants or a merchant guild in ancient India. 2. Manigrama (also Manigramam or Manikkiramam) is well-documented as a powerful merchant guild, especially prominent in South India from ancient times through the medieval period. They were involved in both internal and extensive overseas trade. 3. Chaturvedi Mangalam referred to a village or land grant given to Brahmins learned in the four Vedas. 4. Parishad typically denoted an assembly, council, or committee, often with advisory or administrative functions. 5. Ashtadikgaja ('Eight Elephants') refers specifically to the eight celebrated Telugu poets in the court of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara.