HISTORY
GUPTA PERIOD
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Question
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Overland route to North Russia
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Overseas route to South Africa
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Overseas route to Alexandria
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Overland route to China
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Detailed explanation-1: -Silk Route linked India to other markets. Indian merchants traded cashmere, cotton, spices for Chinese silk.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gupta Empire had robust international and internal trade despite fall in Roman trade. Riverine trade was also conducted through Ganges, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Krishna etc. The important ports included Tamralipti, Braoch, Kalyan, and Cambay.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conclusion. During the Gupta period, Indian ports maintained relations with Sri Lanka, Persia, Arabia, Ethiopia, the Byzantine Empire, China, and the Indian Ocean islands. Sri Lanka was an important port in both the island’s foreign trade and inter-oceanic commerce between the East and the West.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gupta and post-Gupta times were characterised by: the emergence of a class of landlords and a class of subjugated peasantry in an agrarian economy which was predominantly rural and agrarian, conspicuous decline of trade, decline of towns, and the paucity of metallic money.
Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most famous trade routes of India was the Silk Route. The Silk Route connected India to China, as well as the Roman Empire. Along with this, The Spice Route was a way of maritime trade. The Salt Route, Incense Route, Tin Route, and The Amber Road are few more examples of trade in Ancient India.