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Describe India's contacts with the world

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Krit asked in Social Science

describe India's contacts with the world.what were the effects of india's contacts with the world in ancient and mediedval period?

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Charu Kalra answered this
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India's contacts with the World:

a. India's central location at the head of Indian Ocean gives it a great strategic importance and helps in maintaining contact with the rest of the World.
b. ​It helps India to keep a close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from western coast, and Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast.
c. It is also an important transit point for sea routes connecting the two regions that is countries of  Europe with countries of East Asia.
d.India has an important position with regard to international sea routes making it potentially powerful as the country has the longest coastline on the Indian ocean.
e.All this has helped India, in strengthening economic relations, in bringing about greater cultural contacts etc.

Impact of  India's contact with the World in the ancient and medieval World:

a. India has benefited from its location which has helped her to maintain relations with other countries from time immemorial.
b. India through its maritime routes and land routes which cuts across various passes , mountains has maintained trade and cultural links with other countries.
c. India's trade flourished, spices, mulsin were traded from India to the outside world.
d. We may also give example of silk route that passed through many countries of Asia and Europe. Chinese pottery, spices, silk also travelled from India and South East Asia through these routes.
e. Through these routes , Many ideas of India's mythology , from Ramayana , Mahabaratha, India's decimal system could reach out to the World.​
f. India was also influenced from the cultural contacts with other countries, like for example  the influence of Greek sculpture, and the architectural styles of dome and minarets from West Asia are evident in the country.
g. One  can also give example of  The rise of Islam in India can be attributed with the trading activities with Arab traders in the ancient times , 7th century A.D. Later, in the 12th century with Turkish invasion Islam established itself in North India.
h. One may also give example of spread of Buddhism in the ancient period by Asoka who had then sent missionaries to various countries . Buddhism travelled via silk route to China, South Eaat Asia and Central Asia.