Throw light on the land and sea trade routes of ancient India.
Preface:
He also took control of the west-going ceremony and the waterway. After recovering the Indus Valley from the Seleucus and annexing the interior, the Mauryas on the north-west and west land routes that brought India to the Mediterranean Sea, important routes and ports under the Magadha Empire and as a result of the Kalinga conquest took full control of eastern trade. What had been a potential competition also came to an end and the process of overcoming trade routes was completed.
We get to know about the following important routes:
*-Connecting the Middle Ganges Plain to the Low Plains and the Eastern Seas
*- Connecting the High Godavari Valley of the Middle Ganges Plain and the South-West Coast
*- Central Ganges Plain joining the Indus Valley and Gandhara Vala
Terrestrial Trade Routes of India:
1. Uttarapatha 2. Dakshinapatha 3. Silk Route,
Uttarapatha:
where he listed various kingdoms with "Uttarpatyenatam"
. Although such a word. does not appear in the Mahabharata or the Ramayana. While there is a comprehensive proposed description of the areas, there is also extensive description in the Jataka Vinaya texts and various adaptations of the 6th century AD.
were part of It crossed the Ganges plain in northwestern India and went to the port of Tamralipti in the Bay of Bengal. Its northern part was called the Arthashastra Matavapath which went from Lahore, Jalandhar, Saharanpur to Bijnor, Gorakhpur, Bihar and Bengal.
From the south region began Lahore and Delhi Hastinapur, Varanasi, Allahabad and then Pataliputra Maniadra Yagya was the presiding deity of the merchant of Uttarapatha.
The road from Taxila to Mathura used to pass through Sakal Odambara and Rohtang, a route from Mathura used to go towards Hastinapur, from Taxila to Shravasti there was also a route. The route to the capital Champa was developed.
In the past, the route to Champa Avadhoot and Tamralipti was going to the trade route from Rajgiri to Taxila, one of them would be Varanasi and the other was more through Sravasti. It is clear from this that the land routes provided an important role not only from the point of view of India's trade but also on cultural relations with foreign countries.
Dakshinapatha:
dakshina path holds an important position in India due to the position of the merchant. It is a very rich area from the point of view of ports and local routes. Kautilya has also given more importance because valuable gems, diamonds, gold, spices etc.
are found in South India. It seems that by the time of the Maurya period, India's trade became more concentrated in South India. There are many types of ports in South India, which were used to export various types of clothes, spices etc. to other countries. The trading cities of India were directly connected with the major cities of North India, Shravasti, Ujjain.
In other districts on the west coast, Suparak port, many routes up to self welfare, export of peepal, copper, timber, etc. was done from here. The Mahayana also mentions the Dakshina path from where goods were exported to the West. It is a commercial commodity of North India. It was delivered to the merchants of South India.
Silk Road:
The Silk Road, which originated from China 250 years ago, has a special place in the history of the world. At this time trade and commerce of China, Asia, Europe etc.
took place through this route. By which route China's silk and silk fabrics were sent to the world through the Silk Route established trade links with South Asia, West Asia, Europe and North Africa through ancient China. That is why this route was named Silk Road.
The Chinese used to bring their goods to the southeast coast of India. From here Indians used to bring goods and from here Indian and Roman merchants reached the Roman Empire at that time. Thus, due to the silk route in this era, India used to act as an intermediary in the trade sector. The Gupta period is obtained in relation to the text of silk through this route.
Sea Route:
Foreign trade was done by crossing the sea. The instructions for traveling to the sea are found in the memories. Skilled seafarers have been called respectable in Manusmriti. Ships were built. It was an important industry and was monopolized by the king during the Maurya period, where the maliks kept their ships at the port and carried the merchants to the destination. Tamralipti was the most important in the East.
Bharukachha had trade with Babylonia in the century BC. However, India's maritime trade relationship with the West goes back to above 300. There were three routes of Mesopotamian trade to India. The sea route passed through the territories of Asia and Iran.
The combined water land route went directly to the Gandhara and Bacteroidetes and to the Caspian and Black Seas. The land used to pass through the road and now different countries and traders different from their own. In the time of Parry Plus or and now the organization of the Indian and Greek people has told how the route to India was progressively shorter with new discoveries and the last and most important invention in connection with these discoveries Is.
Invention of Monsoon by Hitesh Sea travel was very dangerous but prevailed with strong desire to earn money. These merchants did not care for such dangers. In spite of all these crises, the Indian sea merchants used to travel the sea with enthusiasm.