Question

India's contacts with the World has continued through ages. Justify the statement.

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes, it is true that India’s contacts with the world have continued through the ages. This can be explained as follows:

i. Sea routes are much older than any other route. English and French came to India by sea route. Vasco de Gama discovered the sea route in 1498.

ii. India’s position is a very strategic position from an economic point of view.

iii. The Himalayas in the north provided passes which helped ancient travellers to cross them and explore India through land routes.

Answer 2

Answer:

• India continued its relationship with the world through the ages.

•  Its relationship through the land routes is much older than its relationship through sea routes.

• Various passages across the mountain in the north provided land routes to the ancient travellers.

• The fertile river valleys of India helped in the spread of pastoral nomads.