Why and how did the people travel in medieval India?
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Transportation: The people used camels, oxen and elephants to travel over land. They had carts with wooden wheels. They had ships, with one mast, probably used to sail around the Arabian Sea. Seals with a pictographic script, which has not as yet been deciphered, were found at the Indus Valley sites.
Answer:The medieval kings used to travel on horseback or on mikdember (wooden cabin mounted on elephants), hauze (a chair with canopy and pillars), when the weather used to pleasant. Sometimes, they were carried on shoulders. Father Monserrate gives us an interesting insight into the movement of a king's cavalcade.
The people in ancient times travel from place to place in search of food and shelter. Before the cultivation of agriculture and settled life, the man was depended on wild animals and fruits for food. So he used to travel from one place to another in search of food.