Question

What was the condition of trade in India during the post maurya period

Answer 1

Explanation:

There were many causes for the growth and prosperity of several towns in the Post-Mauryan period, i.e. from 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. In that period under the Satvahanas, the Kushans, the Indo- Parthians and the Saka rulers, India’s trade with Rome and Central Asia was at its zenith.

Several towns flourished in the Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh. All these places were situated in the heart of their respective empires. Particularly, the Kushan kings ensured the security of the trade-routes which was one of the causes for the prosperity of these towns. But in the third century A.D. with the decline of these kingdoms, the glory and prosperity of these towns also declined.

Answer 2

Trade during the post Maurya period

Explanation:

• There was the development in trade post-Mauryan period. Several trading cities emerged and developed during the time. Such as, Kaveripatnam in the south . It served as a main trade centre in South.  Trade was mainly carried on  in this place with the western countries , the south-east Asian countries  and China.India exported Perfumes, Pearls, Copper and Sandal wood. Imports included Cloth, Glass, Silver and Gold to these countries.

• Vaishali, Pataliputra, Varanasi, Kausambi, Sravasti, Hastinapur, Mathura, Indraprastha were significant focuses of exchange.Paithan, Broach, Sopara, Amravati, Nagarjunakonda, Arikamedu and Kaveripattanam which were highly  developed  centers of trade among them.