HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Disunity had little effect, as India did not have many products to trad
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Trade was stifled and India was cut off from the world.
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Trade flourished despite the invasions and wars.
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Indian merchants only traded within the country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indo-Roman trade brought in unprecedented levels of prosperity for the Indian rulers and the merchant classes. One of the most conspicuous impacts of this was the growth of numerous Buddhist monasteries in western Maharashtra.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first group to invade India were the Aryans, who came out of the north in about 1500 BC. The Aryans brought with them strong cultural traditions that, miraculously, still remain in force today. They spoke and wrote in a language called Sanskrit, which was later used in the first documentation of the Vedas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Traders in India also sold a lot of Indian things to both China and West Asia. Early on it was mainly medicine, but also spices like cinnamon and black pepper, clothing dyes like indigo (named for India) and luxuries like pearls. The trade made India a very rich country.