SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism spread from India into northern Asia, Mongolia, and China, whilst Christianity and Islam emerged and were disseminated by trade, pilgrims, and military conquest. The literary, architectural and artistic effects of this can be traced today in the cultures of civilizations along the Silk Routes.

Detailed explanation-2: -While the Silk Road was obviously a two-way route, we often define the Silk Road as a movement eastward with Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and later, Islam, spreading east.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, for example, Hinduism and subsequently Islam were introduced into Indonesia and Malaysia by Silk Roads merchants travelling the maritime trade routes from the Indian subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula.