Question

What kind of evidence do historians use to find about trade and trade route

Answer 1

To find out about trade and trade routes, Historians uses a variety of sources including, coins, trading objects, and the accounts written by the traders and pilgrims. For instance, a particular object traded from a distant land shows the existence of trading relations.

Answer 2

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.