Question

2. Why did kings want to control the Silk Route?
3. What kinds of evidence do historians use to find out
about trade and trade routes?
4. What were the main features of Bhakti?
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Answer 1

2. The kings wanted to control the silk route because they believed that they would benefit from taxes, tributes and gifts that were brought by the traders travelling along the route.

3. To find about trade and trade routes, historians use evidence present in the literature of the period like sangam poems and Sangam literature. Also, historians use objects like pottery, bowls and plates, found from several archaeological sites as evidence.

4. The main features of bhakti are: (i) A loving relationship between a devotee and his personal god. (ii) Bhakti emphasised devotion and individual worship of a god or goodess rather than performance of elaborate sacrifices. (iii) Discarding of any discrimination based on gender, caste or creed.