Question

1. How have the mountain passes been helpful to India since
historic times. Explain
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Answer 1

Answer:

A pass forms when a glacier or stream erodes, or wears away, the land between areas of higher terrain. Passes often provide the easiest routes for people to travel across steep mountain ranges. For this reason, they have played an important role throughout human history in migration, trade, and settlementPasses across the mountains in the north have provided passages to the ancient travellers. (i) These routes have contributed in the exchange of idea and commodities. (ii) The idea of Upanishads and Ramayana, the stories of Panchatantra, Indian numerals and decimal system could reach other parts of the world.The various mountain passes across the Himalayan range and other mountains in the north have provided passages to travellers since ancient time. The land routes via mountain passes have contributed in the exchange of ideas and commodities since historic times