Question

How mountain passes was helpful for traders and travelers in ancient period

Answer 1

Since ancient times India's contact with the world have been more ancient with the routes than the maritime contacts. Mountains in the north provided passages to ancient travelers but the oceans restricted the contacts for a longer period of time. Routes helped in exchange of ideas of upnishads, Ramayna, etc and also with the help of it only Indian numerals, decimal system was able to reach other parts of world. Spices, muslin and other merchandice were taken from India only to other parts of the world.Architectural styles of dome, greek scupture and menerets from west asia can even be seen today in many parts of our country

Answer 2

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. The ideas of Upanishads and the Ramayana, the stories of Panchtantra, the Indian numerals and the decimal system could thus reach many parts of the world. The spices, muslin and other merchandise were taken from India to different countries. On the other hand, the architectural styles of dome and minarets from West Asia and influence of Greek sculpture, which can be seen in different parts of India, came from other countries to India.